All Things Considered Why Suburban Moms Are Delivering Your Groceries After two master's degrees and three children, Hilary Gordon is one of the women who now make up more than half of the contractors at food delivery apps like Instacart. NPR spent a day with her.
Boeing stock continues slide with no end to MAX crisis in sight Boeing stock is trading about hundred dollars lower than it was before the 737 MAX crisis.
KUOW Newsroom In the era of Amazon, what's a Nordstrom to do? Last year, Amazon sold $30 billion worth of apparel, according to an estimate by Wells Fargo. Nordstrom sold $15.5 billion.
TED Radio Hour Leticia Gasca: What Can We Discover When We Talk Openly About Our Failures? After her business failed, Leticia Gasca didn't talk about it for seven years. But once she finally shared the story with her friends, she realized failure is far more common than she thought.
Morning Edition WSJ: Harvey Weinstein Reaches $44 Million Deal Over Sexual Misconduct The Wall Street Journal is reporting a deal in a sexual misconduct case against Harvey Weinstein. NPR's Rachel Martin speaks with Wall Street Journal reporter Corinne Ramey.
All Things Considered Abortion Limits Carry Economic Cost For Women More states have adopted new restrictions on abortion in hopes the Supreme Court will revisit Roe v. Wade. That could have profound effects on the economic prospects for women seeking abortions.
All Things Considered 6 Years After Japan Launched Its 'Womenomics' Policy Is It Working? Women have long been an untapped economic resource in Japan. Six years ago Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe decided to change that by introducing a policy of "womenomics."
In This Town, You Apply For A Job And You Get It Ames, Iowa, has an unemployment rate of 1.5%, making it the tightest job market in the country. That's great for workers — but a challenge for those looking for them.
KUOW Newsroom Amazon holds an annual meeting. Outside, a shit show Inside the meeting shareholders brought a raft of concerns to chief executive Jeff Bezos, including 11 resolutions that failed. Many of those resolutions asked for greater corporate citizenship from the tech giant.
McDonald's Protests Over Sexual Harassment Grow As Shareholders Meet Protests against alleged sexual harassment of McDonald's employees are planned for 13 cities Thursday. And Democratic presidential hopefuls are targeting the company's shareholder meeting in Dallas.
