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The economics behind 'quiet quitting' — and what we should call it instead

Tuesday, September 13, 2022

Is "quiet quitting" about being lazy or setting healthy boundaries? Is it even real? We dig into the data and ask workers themselves about what it means to them.

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Quiet quitting, real quitting, unionizing — what else are American workers up to?

Sunday, September 04, 2022

How we work, when we work, how much we work – it's all shifting on a scale not seen in decades.

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Amazon loses key step in its attempt to reverse its workers' historic union vote

Thursday, September 01, 2022

A federal labor official is recommending a dismissal of Amazon's objections after a lengthy hearing on the company's appeal against the historic union win at a warehouse in New York's Staten Island.

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Retailers say shoppers are making fewer purchases but inflation means they pay more

Friday, August 26, 2022

The latest report cards from top U.S. retailers show shoppers are making fewer purchases and fewer trips to stores. But when they check out, they tend to spend more because things cost more.

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What our shopping choices say about the U.S. economy

Thursday, August 25, 2022

Here's what we learned from a hectic spate of financial report cards shared by top U.S. retailers.

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To 'Free Chol Soo Lee,' Asian Americans had to find their collective political voice

Sunday, August 07, 2022

NPR's Alina Selyukh talks with Julie Ha, co-director of the documentary "Free Chol Soo Lee," about a Korean-American man's arrest for a murder he did not commit, and the effort to help him.

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Pro-climber Tommy Caldwell details climate change's impact on rock climbing

Sunday, August 07, 2022

NPR's Alina Selyukh talks with pro-climber Tommy Caldwell about how a warming climate is changing the outdoor sport and making it even more dangerous.

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Girls and women in Afghanistan have been blocked from receiving an education

Sunday, August 07, 2022

NPR's Alina Selyukh speaks with Pashtana Durrani, executive director of LEARN, an education nonprofit in Afghanistan that helps Afghan girls access education.

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We lost 1.59 milliseconds June 29 when the Earth spun a little faster

Sunday, August 07, 2022

June 29, 2022, was 1.59 milliseconds shorter than average. But was it the "shortest day ever?" Not quite!

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Social media is deciding trends at breakneck pace, and it's fueling fast fashion

Sunday, August 07, 2022

Social media - yeah, we're looking at YOU, TikTok! - has accelerated trend cycles. Researcher Mandy Lee explains what that means for fashion consumption.

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Amazon may own your doctor's office next

Sunday, August 07, 2022

NPR's Alina Selyukh speaks with Christina Farr, a principal at OMERS Ventures and former technology and health reporter, about Amazon's potential acquisition of One Medical.

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Are Russian sanctions working?

Sunday, August 07, 2022

As the war in Ukraine grinds on, NPR's Alina Selyukh talks with Oleg Itskhoki of UCLA about the effects of sanctions on the Russian economy.

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Encore: Binders, backpacks and inflation are on 2022's back-to-school shopping list

Friday, August 05, 2022

This year's back-to-school shopping season lands as the U.S. sees the highest inflation in four decades. How will high prices affect spending?

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Binders, backpacks... and inflation are on this year's back-to-school shopping list

Wednesday, August 03, 2022

This year's back-to-school shopping season lands in the middle of the highest inflation in four decades — how will this affect spending?

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The current economic turmoil has been changing shopping habits

Saturday, July 30, 2022

How healthy is the U.S. economy? How much people spend and what they buy plays a huge role.

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What happens when people want all the air fryers and then, suddenly, they don't

Monday, July 25, 2022

Big box stores are working through an unexpected glut of inventory: TVs, kitchen appliances, hoodies and other hot pandemic items. Part of the problem is the bullwhip effect.

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A new reality reverberates through Russia's music scene

Monday, July 11, 2022

Canceled concerts, lawsuits, existential turmoil. As Russia has cracked down on anti-war speech, the country's music scene reaches a particularly high pitch.

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UNESCO declares borsch cooking an endangered Ukrainian heritage

Friday, July 01, 2022

Ukraine's culture minister declared victory in "the war for borsch" as Russia also claims the hearty beet soup. UNESCO says the invasion threatens Ukraine's borsch culture with "extreme urgency."

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What's happening with Russia's 1st default on foreign debt in a century

Monday, June 27, 2022

The clock ran out on Russia's payments. But there's a twist: Russia does not consider itself in default because the country has the money, just its payments have been blocked by Western sanctions.

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Ikea packs up Russian operations and plans sale of factories

Thursday, June 16, 2022

The Swedish furniture giant previously shut Russian stores and now says it cannot see a way to resume operations "any time soon" as the war in Ukraine continues.

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