Investments and Business

March 6, 2024

Brighter Economic Mood Isn’t Translating Into Support for Biden

Kyle C. Garrison

Economic vibes don’t necessarily predict electoral outcomes, though, and this campaign is different in many ways from those in the past. “We’re kind of in an unprecedented situation where we’re…

Investments and Business

March 4, 2024

RuPaul Is Sending a Rainbow Bus to Give Away Books Targeted by Bans

Kyle C. Garrison

At a time of book bans and efforts by state legislatures to ban drag shows, the performer and television producer who is arguably the country’s most famous drag star, RuPaul,…

Investments and Business

March 2, 2024

How 33-Year-Olds, the Peak Millennials, Are Shaping the U.S. Economy

Kyle C. Garrison

I have covered economics for 11 years now, and in that time, I have come to the realization that I am a statistic. Every time I make a major life…

Investments and Business

March 1, 2024

Judge Fines Ex-Fox News Reporter, Catherine Herridge, for Not Revealing Sources

Kyle C. Garrison

A federal judge held a veteran investigative reporter in contempt of court on Thursday for not revealing her sources for articles she wrote about a scientist who was investigated by…

Investments and Business

February 28, 2024

Yellen Urges Israel to Restore Economic Ties to West Bank

Kyle C. Garrison

Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen said on Tuesday that she had personally urged Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel to increase commercial engagement with the West Bank, contending that doing…

Investments and Business

February 26, 2024

Supreme Court to Hear Cases That Could Reshape Social Media

Kyle C. Garrison

The Supreme Court seemed skeptical on Monday of laws in Florida and Texas that bar major social media companies from making editorial judgments about which messages to allow.The laws were…

Investments and Business

February 25, 2024

What Is Your Housing Situation? We Want to Hear From You.

Kyle C. Garrison

“No society can be fully understood apart from the residences of its members.”I have that quote (from “Crabgrass Frontier,” the seminal history of America’s suburbs) taped to a wall behind…

Investments and Business

February 23, 2024

Reddit Files to Go Public, in First Social Media IPO in Years

Kyle C. Garrison

Reddit, the community-focused message board site, filed to go public on Thursday, paving the way for it to be the first major social media company to debut on the stock…

Investments and Business

February 20, 2024

Can the Olympics Rejuvenate One of France’s Poorest Corners?

Kyle C. Garrison

Parisians are already grumbling about the crowds for this summer’s Olympics. They envision sweaty tourists jamming the subway cars, making the hell of commuting even more, well, hellish. They are…

Investments and Business

February 18, 2024

Nature Has Value. Could We Literally Invest in It?

Kyle C. Garrison

Picture this: You own a few hundred acres near a growing town that your family has been farming for generations. Turning a profit has gotten harder, and none of your…

Investments and Business