As a woman of color who travels alone, is it a waste of money to visit places with zero diversity?
“I don’t want to spend a bunch of money and have a bad time.”
“I don’t want to spend a bunch of money and have a bad time.”
The global tax system has repeatedly put corporate interests ahead of people and the planet by allowing multinationals to transfer profits to tax havens. If adopted, the proposed UN Framework Convention on International Tax Cooperation would overturn the century-old rules that make this possible. NEW DELHI—This week, delegates from around the world will gather…
Copy Citation Ran Abramitzky, Leah Platt Boustan, Ahmet Gulek, and Jens Hainmueller, “Long-Run Effects of H-1B Immigration on the U.S. Economy,” NBER Working Paper 35560 (2026), https://doi.org/10.3386/w35560. Copy to Clipboard Download Citation
A billboard for Kalshi showing 2024 US presidential election odds across from the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York, US, on Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Prediction market platform Kalshi will launch a new hub allowing political junkies to see how traders in many event contracts think the midterm elections…
Last month, I published my annual report on national progress on chronic absenteeism. The picture is not comforting. Looking at data from 45 states for the 2024–25 school year, I show that chronic absenteeism rates continue to decline from their 2022 peak, but much more slowly than in prior years. As I put it in the report: Using the American Enterprise Institute’s Return to Learn Tracker, which provides chronic…
This frame grab taken from AFPTV video footage on July 12, 2026 shows cargo ships anchoring near the Strait of Hormuz off the eastern coast of the United Arab Emirates at Khor Fakkan. AFPTV | Getty Images The U.S. military said the Strait of Hormuz was open for all commercial vessels to transit, after Treasury…
Amazon reported better-than-expected revenue and cloud growth for the second quarter. The stock shot up more than 9% in extended trading. Here’s how the company did, compared with estimates from analysts polled by LSEG: Earnings per share: $5.75 a share. That may not compare with the $1.82 per share expected by LSEG Revenue: $200.61 billion…