Finance
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Former Coal Towns Get Money for Clean-Energy Factories
An Energy Department program designed to create jobs and manufacturing in communities reliant on fossil fuels is backing projects in…
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How Your Child’s Online Mistake Can Ruin Your Digital Life
Google has a zero-tolerance policy for child abuse content. The scanning process can sometimes go awry and tar innocent individuals…
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There’s a Lot Riding on Black Friday and Cyber Monday
The White House and economists will be closely watching the annual shopping events for insight into what the data says…
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Biden to Skip U.N. Climate Summit, White House Says
He has attended the past two summits and calls climate change “the ultimate threat” but will miss the talks that…
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How the Memphis Sanitation Workers’ Strike Changed the Labor Movement
The 1968 action led to greater economic mobility for Black workers. Today, union activists are trying to capture some of…
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The Envy Office: Can Instagrammable Design Lure Young Workers Back?
Inside the “blueberry muffin” conference room, the walls are, naturally, painted blue. Not just any blue — it’s the calming…
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Can Taiwan Continue to Fight Off Chinese Disinformation?
Ahead of a presidential election in January, Taiwanese fact checkers and watchdogs say they are ready for Beijing. But they…
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At Meta, Millions of Underage Users Were an ‘Open Secret,’ States Say
Meta “routinely documented” children under 13 on Instagram and “unlawfully” collected their data, according to a newly unsealed complaint.
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Can Divorce Be Affordable? Yes, but Only if Spouses Want It to Be.
There are ways to reduce the stress and expense of ending a marriage, but they require both parties to want…
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Betty Rollin, Who Wrote Candidly About Her Breast Cancer, Dies at 87
Her coping with illness was the subject of a popular memoir, “First, You Cry.” In “Last Wish,” a best seller,…