Support the fact-based journalism you rely on with a donation to Marketplace today. Give Now!

What you told us a Trump economy should look like

Nov 9, 2016
We asked people around the country what Donald Trump's presidential win means for them.
 
Andrew Renneisen/Getty Images

7-Eleven invites customers to 'Cast their Cups'

Nov 4, 2016
Once again, people are wearing their political affiliations on their coffee sleeves. For the past five election cycles, 7-Eleven has offered its “7-Election: coffee promotion, where customers can buy a red “Republican” or blue “Democrat” coffee cup to show support for their political party and election candidate. Throughout the promotion, which began on Aug. 31 […]
7-Eleven

US economy adds 161,000 jobs in October

Nov 4, 2016
Some say that gains in the report were "solid," while others have called them "modest."
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

Tracking market reaction to the 2016 election

Oct 24, 2016
How did markets respond during the first presidential debate?
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump (L) and Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton wait to begin the first US Presidential Debate at Hofstra University September 26, 2016 in Hempstead, New York.
BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images

Let's do the numbers... on the debt

Oct 20, 2016
Losing sleep over the deficit & debt? Don't worry...yet
As the number of the current U.S. national debt is seen on a screen, Federal Reserve Board Chair Janet Yellen testifies during a hearing before the House Financial Services Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. 

 
Alex Wong/Getty Images

Using its powers for good: Facebook's voter sign-up campaign

Oct 13, 2016
A short campaign in September resulted in thousands now registered to vote.
Carl Court/Getty Images

For public good, not for profit.

Clinton drug plan: is it enough?

Sep 2, 2016
What would it take to control drug prices?
Rather than tackling the soaring prices of drugs overall, Clinton economic policy advisor Mike Shapiro said their plan is to address the insidious problem where a subset of drug makers crank up prices on generics, just because they can.
FRANCK FIFE/AFP/Getty Images

Like any business, revenue drop hurts RNC

Aug 25, 2016
July was their worst month of fundraising in 16 years.
US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is seen onscreen at the closing of the Republican National Convention at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio on July 21, 2016.
JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images

Take Tuesday: The campaign to make Election Day a work holiday

Aug 23, 2016
A campaign is trying to increase voter turnout by pushing companies to give their employees the day off to vote.
In many other countries, elections happen on the weekends.
David McNew/Getty Images