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In Nebraska, immigrants work hard-to-fill jobs in meatpacking industry
by
Reema Khrais
and Daisy Palacios
Sep 8, 2017
The nation's food supply chain could collapse without immigrant labor.
Is retraining worth it? Laid off paper millworkers weigh the benefits
Sep 6, 2017
Government programs are meant to help those workers get new jobs. But reinvention is hard.
From Hamilton to Trump, the U.S. has a long history of America-first policies
Aug 11, 2017
Alexander Hamilton was one of the country's original protectionists.
Millennials with "boom-mates" could ease the housing crunch
Aug 8, 2017
Renting a room from an empty nester can save a young person thousands a year. The older generation gets something, too.
While the Dow spikes, the dollar falls
Aug 2, 2017
The Dow Jones Industrial Average hit 22,000 for the first time today, thanks in part to strong corporate profits. But while all eyes are on the Dow, less attention is being paid to another measure of the U.S. economy: the strength of the dollar. The greenback has dropped 10 percent since January. Why? And what […]
A scientist worries about a climate "hostile to science and the truth"
by
Maria Hollenhorst
and Robert Garrova
Jul 25, 2017
Government funding has been pretty reliable — up until now, the Los Alamos National Laboratory researcher says.
Farmers struggle with low commodity prices
by
Peggy Lowe
Jul 25, 2017
Farmers, in particular those producing grain, are struggling, thanks mostly to low commodity prices amid a global grain glut.
It's Facebook and Google versus the newspaper industry
by
Kai Ryssdal
and Molly Wood
Jul 10, 2017
An alliance of news outlets wants special permission to bargain collectively when dealing with Facebook and Google.
Attacks on currency have real economic consequences
Jun 29, 2017
The recession of 2008 was prolonged and worsened by China's currency manipulation.
What national monument status means for one vast Montana landscape
Jun 22, 2017
The Upper Missouri River Breaks includes Native American sites, Old West settlements and tens of thousands of acres of privately owned land.