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Illustration by Ryan Haskins; images from GraphicaArtis / … Amazon Has Transformed the Geography of Wealth and Power
Understanding America in the giant company’s shadow
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Erik Carter How to Get Rich By Losing Lots of Money
Adam Neumann is out of his WeWork job, but entrepreneurs will surely imitate him.
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Ricardo Mazalan / AP The Stay-at-Home President
The president has visited fewer foreign countries than his predecessors, as American influence abroad diminishes.
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Nick Oxford / Reuters The Viral Success of a Strike No One Can See
Inmates around the country have managed to engage the public in their ongoing prison protest through a targeted media strategy.
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Neilson Barnard / Getty Tiffany’s Sparkly Surge Reflects a Divided Moment in America
The jewelry company credits a hip-hop–inflected ad campaign for its success. It should credit the wealth gap as well.
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Molly Riley / AFP / Getty A Woman’s Paycheck Is Influenced by Her Hometown—Even If She Doesn’t Live There Anymore
In a new study, economists find women from places where sexist attitudes prevail end up earning less later in life.
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Timothy A. Clary / Getty Missouri’s Labor Victory Won’t Reverse the Decline of Unions
Organized labor has enjoyed public support for decades. It’s still dying.
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Joe Skipper / Reuters Of Course Twitter Loves Elon Musk
Tesla’s billionaire CEO is revealing exactly what the social platform is truly optimized for—the amplification of powerful voices.
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Donald Heupel / Reuters Why Aren’t There More Indra Nooyis?
The CEO of PepsiCo is stepping down after spending 12 years of ushering the brand into the future. But the landscape for female executives hasn’t changed all that much.
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Frederick Brown / Getty A Crack in the Ivanka Trump Brand
The president’s daughter is closing her ailing fashion line—further proof that nothing is apolitical in the Trump era.
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Brendan McDermid / Reuters The New York Stock Exchange Has Its First Woman President. Is She on a Glass Cliff?
It may not be a coincidence that the exchange’s first female boss will begin her tenure during a particularly daunting period for the organization.
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Illustration by Mark Weaver* Can Unions Stop the Far Right?
If it weren’t for working-class voters, Germany’s recent election could have had a different outcome.
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Edmon de Haro How Frackers Beat OPEC
The surprising ingenuity of the U.S. shale-oil industry—and its global consequences
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Justin Renteria The Energy Interstate
A national system of electricity transmission could cut power-plant emissions by 80 percent.
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Justin Renteria The Art of Marketing Marijuana
How to make pot seem as all-American as an ice-cold beer
