Business

Economy

NYC Invests In Permanent Housing For Homeless. Will Phase Out Hotel Use

6:27am June 06, 2019

by Sarah Gonzalez

New York City has a law that guarantees everyone a right to shelter, but there aren't enough homeless shelters. The city has turned to renting out hotel rooms.

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News Brief: Tariffs, D-Day Anniversary, Syria To Repatriate Americans

6:23am June 06, 2019

Negotiations to head off tariffs on Mexico continue. President Trump is in Normandy to commemorate D-Day's 75th anniversary. And, 8 Americans are being repatriated to the U.S. from northern Syria.

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Mexican Officials Are Trying To Talk The Trump Administration Out Of A Trade War

5:13pm June 05, 2019

by Michele Kelemen

Facing the threat of U.S. tariffs, Mexico's Foreign Minister meets with top Trump administration officials. The U.S. wants Mexico to do more to stem the flow of migrants from Central America.

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Republican Sen. Pat Toomey On Why He Opposes Trump's Plan To Impose Tariffs On Mexico

5:13pm June 05, 2019

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa. Toomey is among a group of Senate Republicans who have been critical of the President Trump's plan to impose tariffs on Mexico.

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The Granville Street Bridge leads to downtown Vancouver, whose skyline of gleaming apartment towers hugging the waterfront is reminiscent of Hong Kong.

World News

Vancouver Has Been Transformed By Chinese Immigrants

5:13pm June 05, 2019

by Jackie Northam

Chinese immigrants and investors have bought businesses and property, made philanthropic contributions and supported the arts. But some Vancouver residents feel priced out of the real estate market.

Business Leaders, Workers Tied To Mexico's Export Economy React To Threat Of Tariffs

4:47pm June 05, 2019

by Carrie Kahn

Businesses in Mexico are not too worried that President Trump is going to actually tax all of their goods into the the U.S. They are hoping for a quick, amicable resolution.

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YouTube Announces It Will Ban White Supremacist Content, Other Hateful Material

4:25pm June 05, 2019

by Hannah Allam

YouTube announced Wednesday that it is removing thousands of videos from its platform that promote white supremacy and other hateful material.

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Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders speaks during a 2015 rally to push for a raise to the minimum wage to $15 an hour.

Politics & Government

From Amazon To Walmart, 2020 Candidates Take On Big Corporations By Name

3:03pm June 05, 2019

by Danielle Kurtzleben

Bernie Sanders made a proposal on behalf of Walmart workers to the company's shareholders, another example of a tactic gaining steam this cycle: calling out big businesses on the campaign trail.

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Maximum Security (right) and Country House (center) at the finish line of the 145th running of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs last month in Louisville, Ky.

National

Should Racehorses Be Medicated?

1:59pm June 05, 2019

by Tom Goldman

Thoroughbred deaths have renewed calls for reform in the horse racing industry. Industry watchers and members of Congress say it's time to address how racehorses are medicated with a bevy of drugs.

Politics & Government

Feds Look Into Big Tech Firms For Anti-Competitive Behavior

8:23am June 05, 2019

Bruce Hoffman, director of the Bureau of Competition at the Federal Trade Commission, tells NPR's Noel King why the government is stepping up its scrutiny of some of the biggest tech companies.

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