This Colorado 'solar garden' is literally a farm under solar panels The newly passed infrastructure bill could lead to a boom in solar production requiring a lot more land, including farmland. But research is showing solar panels might actually help grow some crops. Kirk Siegler
Life Kit: How to make yourself be heard at work NPR's Life Kit has tips for how to be heard at work. Stacey Vanek Smith
Amazon workers in New York withdraw petition to unionize This is the second unionizing attempt in the past year at Amazon. Workers are able to refile a petition later. The Associated Press
Johnson & Johnson is splitting in 2 Johnson & Johnson is the latest big, diversified company to announce it is breaking into smaller parts. It plans to split its prescription drug and medical device brand from its consumer products. Brian Mann
With more warehouses in America than ever, how are there still not enough? Warehouses process just about everything in America's supply chain. They're going up everywhere, in exurbs, near Interstates, even in urban neighborhoods. Despite this, they're bursting at the seams. Alina Selyukh
Toyota to ramp up production after cutbacks driven by the COVID-19 pandemic The Japanese automaker announced it expects to build 800,000 vehicles globally next month, up from the roughly 760,000 it made last December. Joe Hernandez
Where a former gun industry executive draws the line on gun culture sustainability ‘I had my son attacked by one of these people and thought, what in the holy hell? How did we get here? It’s this weird mix of strange machismo patriotism, wrapped in a flag, sort of near a bible.’ John O'Brien
The infrastructure plan passed. Now, departments are figuring out how to spend it Government departments are scrambling to figure out how to spend the $1 trillion in the infrastructure package. Some will go to existing grant programs, while others need to be created from scratch. Franco Ordoñez
Evictions rising even as rental help from Congress reaches millions of people It's not the tsunami of evictions that some experts had feared, but eviction filings are rising sharply in many cities. Meanwhile, $47 billion from Congress to help is finally reaching more renters. Chris Arnold
The government in Portugal passes a law to help remote workers The new law bans bosses from texting employees after they sign off. If a boss does contact employees outside work hours, they could face financial penalties.