Business

Chinese Restaurant Is Appreciated For Unsparingly Honest Menu

6:45am January 19, 2021

Do you ever wish restaurant menus would play it straight? The owner of Cuisine AuntDai in Montreal offers his opinions of dishes. His brutally honest reviews have gone viral.

Martin Luther King Jr.'s Vision For Economic Justice

4:19pm January 18, 2021

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Michael Tubbs, Stockton, Calif., ex-mayor and founder of Mayors for a Guaranteed Income, on how Martin Luther King Jr. impacted the fight for universal basic income.

There's plenty of social distance out on the slopes, but resorts are requiring masks in lift lines and lodges and limiting lodge use. Most skiers and boarders are happy to comply but Schweitzer Mountain in Idaho had to suspend season passes for some who r

Ski Down and Mask Up — Resorts Try To Stay Safe In Pandemic Skiing Boom

4:19pm January 18, 2021

by Chris Arnold

Ski areas are seeing record sales of season passes as people look for outdoor exercise this winter. Most are requiring masks, limiting lodge use, and making people put their boots on at their cars.

People walk in Wuhan on Jan. 10, the eve of the first anniversary of China confirming its first COVID-19 death. Chinese officials said on Monday that its economy managed to grow 2.3% in 2020.

China Says Its Economy, Recovering From The Pandemic, Grew 2.3% Last Year

3:42pm January 18, 2021

by Rachel Treisman

China's is likely the only major economy to have expanded in 2020, as the coronavirus pandemic gripped the world.

Gary Gensler, pictured during a Senate hearing in July 2013, will be nominated to lead the Securities and Exchange Commission for the Biden administration.

Politics & Government

Biden Taps Veteran Financial Regulators To Lead SEC, CFPB

10:52am January 18, 2021

by Barbara Sprunt

Selecting Gary Gensler for the Securities and Exchange Commission and Rohit Chopra for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is a win for progressives who have pushed for aggressive oversight.

Social Media Site Gab Is Surging, Even As Critics Blame It For Capitol Violence

7:44am January 17, 2021

by Bobby Allyn

As federal investigators begin to launch criminal cases against some of the perpetrators of the violence, a growing chorus advocates and lawmakers say tech companies bear some responsibility, too.

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo earlier this week in Washington, D.C.

Politics & Government

New Chief's Ties Shock Radio Free Asia, While Pompeo Visit to VOA Stirs Outcry

6:45pm January 15, 2021

by David Folkenflik

The demotion of a Voice of America White House reporter led to an outcry. And the new head of sister network Radio Free Asia had registered as a lobbyist for Taiwan just days before taking over.

People line up on Thursday for the first day of Clark County's pilot COVID-19 vaccination program at Cashman Center in Las Vegas.

Health & Safety

COVID-19 Supply Deal Lets Vaccine Maker Earmark Doses For Employees And Their Families

6:35pm January 15, 2021

by Sydney Lupkin

Emergent BioSolutions is under contract with Operation Warp Speed to make COVID-19 vaccines, but the terms could allow employees and their families to get vaccinated ahead of schedule.

Biden To Call For Raising Federal Minimum Wage To $15 An Hour

4:04pm January 15, 2021

by Alina Selyukh

President-elect Joe Biden will seek to increase the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour as part of his relief bill. On Friday, workers across the U.S. staged protests to press him to keep the promise.

A man works at an Amazon fulfillment center in Staten Island, New York. The retail giant faces a major labor battle with a unionization vote planned at a similar warehouse in Alabama.

National

Amazon Warehouse Workers To Decide Whether To Form Company's 1st U.S. Union

3:43pm January 15, 2021

by Alina Selyukh

Some 6,000 workers at Amazon's warehouse in Bessemer, Ala., will begin voting on Feb. 8 on a groundbreaking possibility: the first union in the company's U.S. history.