Business

In Miami's Little Haiti, one of the largest waves of evictions is currently underway

May 23, 2018

Little Haiti, a once predominantly Haitian enclave, has seen a burst of new development and interest from real estate investors and developers because of its central location in Miami. New projects are underway in the neighborhood, rent prices are soaring and Haitian business owners say that they are being pushed out.

Conflict

Mexican truckers work amid a soaring rate of highway robberies

Reuters

May 22, 2018

Truckers covering Mexico's vast territory often move in convoys to reduce the risk of robberies, which in 2017 almost doubled to nearly 3,000. Some drive with armed escorts traveling alongside them. Others remove the logos from their trucks.

Health

The health risks of a toxic workplace

Innovation Hub

May 22, 2018

Our jobs can have a major impact on our health. Toxic management causes 120,000 excess deaths a year in the United States, according to one scholar.

Business

Is the e-bike revolution ready to come to America?

PRI's The World

May 17, 2018

There’s a growing trend in cycling today: electric bicycles. We’re not talking about less powerful motorcycles. These are bikes that have small motors to give you a little extra thrust as you pedal.

Business

How a Russian aluminum giant escaped the noose of US sanctions

Reuters

May 16, 2018

Washington's change of course says a lot about the leverage held by the supply chain of a widely used commodity such as aluminum.

Immigration

Cape Cod restaurants brace for (another) tough summer without enough foreign workers

PRI's The World

May 14, 2018

It's Groundhog Day on Cape Cod again. There's a shortage of summer workers, due at least in part to changes in the H-2B visa program, which allows American businesses to hire temporary, seasonal workers from overseas.

Business

The future of fishing is big data and artificial intelligence

Civil Eats

May 10, 2018

Electronic surveillance of fishing vessels could help protect fisheries.

50 States

A small North Carolina city stakes its claim as the global capital of furniture buying

PRI's The World

May 03, 2018

High Point, North Carolina: The home to the world's largest home furnishings show is drawing a lot of international visitors.

Culture

Women look to make their voices heard in new space created by male-dominated blockchain boom

Science Friday

April 08, 2018

Blockchain has turned from a movement to an overall tech boom — or possibly a revolution. Yet the space containing blockchain pioneers is only made up of five percent women ... for now.

Culture

Can entrepreneurship empower Zanzibar’s young women?

GlobalPost

April 06, 2018

On the semi-autonomous archipelago off the coast of Tanzania, many young women are now turning to entrepreneurship for their livelihoods.