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NYTimes report shows how Twitter, McKinsey were complicit in helping Saudi Arabia silence critics

By Emily Stewart

How the Sears catalog transformed shopping under Jim Crow, explained by a historian

By Gaby Del Valle

Lyft has a new “all-access” subscription plan. But is it really worth the money?

By Aditi Shrikant

Tech employees are pushing Silicon Valley to put ethics before profit

By Alexia Fernández Campbell

Why Google wants to sell its gadgets in Goop stores

By Kaitlyn Tiffany

Nearly everything Meghan Markle has worn since her pregnancy announcement has sold out

By Nadra Nittle

Breast cancer awareness products profit off survivors’ suffering 

By Chavie Lieber

Shopping local won’t save small businesses from closing. Here’s what will.

By Rebecca Jennings

The share economy is coming for your closet

By Chavie Lieber

MLM companies say they can make you rich. Here’s what 7 sellers actually earned.

By Gaby Del Valle

These are the charities where your money will do the most good

By Dylan Matthews

Why disaster relief is so hard

By Kelsey Piper

Deciem’s Brandon Truaxe: the world’s most controversial beauty CEO, explained

By Cheryl Wischhover

Amazon’s pay increase cut bonuses and stock options. So it’s raising wages again.

By Chavie Lieber

Upscale pajamas, luxury bedding, spooning robots: how sleep became commodified

By Chavie Lieber

Why some people don’t tip their Uber drivers

By Aditi Shrikant

Will people trust Facebook enough to put its new smart speaker in their homes?

By Chavie Lieber

Why bankrupt Toys R Us might not be dead after all

By Chavie Lieber

California just passed a law requiring more women on boards. It matters, even if it fails.

By Emily Stewart

How do you sell a couch in 2018?

By Chavie Lieber

Amazon is raising its minimum wage to $15 for US workers

By Alexia Fernández Campbell

The gig economy isn’t going anywhere. 4 experts explain why.

By Aditi Shrikant

MoviePass to former subscribers: “Opt out” of a new plan, or get charged

By Alissa Wilkinson

Why innovative tech startups are thriving across the Middle East

By Miriam Berger

Elon Musk is out as Tesla chairman

By Emily Stewart

Elon Musk reportedly almost avoided a federal lawsuit — but then backed out

By Emily Stewart

Why workplace bans on facial hair marginalize men of color

By Nadra Nittle

Amazon’s new store only sells its highest-rated products

By Chavie Lieber

Millennials don’t trust the financial industry. These startups want to change that.

By Chavie Lieber

Instagram’s co-founders just quit. That could be bad news for Facebook.

By Emily Stewart

Teen shopping habits, explained by teens

What’s Gen Z into? Juuls, Glossier, and thrift stores.

By Eliza Brooke

“There’s an Elon Musk premium in the stock”: why Tesla can’t get rid of Musk

By Emily Stewart

How much would the iPhone cost if it were made in America?

By Emily Stewart

Amazon’s looming challenge: Europe’s antitrust laws

By Matthew Yglesias

How the Canadian cannabis company Tilray became worth more than American Airlines

By Emily Stewart

Elon Musk is now facing a Justice Department probe over his privatization tweet

By Emily Stewart

I’m a bartender. I depend on tips. It’s a terrible way to make a living.

By Anonymous

Women accuse Facebook of illegally posting job ads that only men can see

By Alexia Fernández Campbell

How close are we to another financial crisis? 8 experts weigh in.

By Emily Stewart

DC voters raised the minimum wage for restaurant servers. City lawmakers are ready to cancel it.

By Alexia Fernández Campbell

The “natural” beauty industry is on the rise because we’re scared of chemicals

By Cheryl Wischhover

Amazon wants to take over every aspect of shopping. Next up? Small businesses.

By Kaitlyn Tiffany
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