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How TikTok And Skater Girls Are Sending Skateboard Sales Off The Wall

Ruby Medina is part of a community of skateboarders on TikTok, and at her local skate park in Venice, Calif. Social media is driving a huge demand for boards at her family's skate shops. Shayn Almeida hide caption

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How TikTok And Skater Girls Are Sending Skateboard Sales Off The Wall

The streets are full of skateboarders these days, and skate shops can hardly keep up with the demand. Why now? The answer might put a smile on your face.

How TikTok And Skater Girls Are Sending Skateboard Sales Off The Wall

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Consumer Safety Agency Warns People With Children To Stop Using The Peloton Tread+

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Consumer Safety Agency Warns People With Children To Stop Using The Peloton Tread+

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has issued a warning about the Peloton Tread+ after reports of children being injured. Peloton insists the machine is safe when used as directed.

For Some Americans, Getting A Vaccine Is As Easy As Showing Up To Work

A Georgia Tech employee receives a Pfizer coronavirus vaccination on the campus April 8. For a number of Americans, getting their shots is as easy as showing up to their workplace as some companies and institutions provide on-site vaccinations to their employees. Danny Karnik/AP hide caption

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The Coronavirus Crisis

For Some Americans, Getting A Vaccine Is As Easy As Showing Up To Work

Companies like Tyson and Amazon are offering on-site coronavirus vaccinations to their employees in order to remove barriers to getting the shots.

For Some Americans, Getting A Vaccine Is As Easy As Showing Up To Work

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Producer Scott Rudin Steps Back From Broadway Following Allegations Of Bullying

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Theater

Producer Scott Rudin Steps Back From Broadway Following Allegations Of Bullying

The producer announced Saturday that he would take a step back after allegations of bullying and workplace misconduct were reported this month.

India, Farming, and the Free Market
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India, Farming, and the Free Market

For decades, India has shielded its agricultural sector from the free market. Now, the government wants to let it in. Millions and millions of farmers are not happy about it. | Subscribe to our weekly newsletter here.

India, Farming, and the Free Market

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What Amazon's Defeat Of Union Effort Means For The Future Of American Labor

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What Amazon's Defeat Of Union Effort Means For The Future Of American Labor

A movement to unionize workers at an Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Ala., was seen as a potential turning point for the American labor movement. But the effort failed resoundingly. Stephan Bisaha of member station WBHM in Birmingham examines why.

What Amazon's Defeat Of Union Effort Means For The Future Of American Labor

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A Beige Revolution - Shaking up the Beige Book
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A Beige Revolution - Shaking up the Beige Book

It's Beigies season! We honor the Federal Reserve Bank that added two new sections to their Beige Book entry: Worker experience and Minority- and Women- owned Business Enterprises.

A Beige Revolution - Shaking up the Beige Book

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Big Union Loss At Amazon Warehouse Casts Shadow Over Labor Movement

Pro-union Amazon warehouse worker Jennifer Bates vows at a rally in Birmingham to keep fighting to unionize the Amazon Bessemer warehouse. Stephan Bisaha for NPR hide caption

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Big Union Loss At Amazon Warehouse Casts Shadow Over Labor Movement

The resounding vote against forming a union at an Amazon warehouse in Alabama is a blow to the labor movement. It has glimmers of hope but in the private sector unions are rare and mostly weak.

Big Union Loss At Amazon Warehouse Casts Shadow Over Labor Movement

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Losing It All: Mobile Home Owners Evicted Over Small Debts During Pandemic

Barbara Gaught stands outside the home she's now renting in Billings, Mont., with her 5-year-old son, Blazen, and their dog, Arie. Gaught and her family were evicted from the mobile home they had owned outright and lived in for 16 years because they fell behind on 'lot rent' for the little plot of land under the mobile home. Louise Johns for NPR hide caption

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Losing It All: Mobile Home Owners Evicted Over Small Debts During Pandemic

Mobile home owners right now are twice as likely as other homeowners to be behind on housing payments. And some are losing their homes over small amounts of rent they owe for land the home sits on.

Losing It All: Mobile Home Owners Evicted Over Small Debts During Pandemic

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After The Banks Leave
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After The Banks Leave

The Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated the decline of in-person banking. But after a bank branch finally closes down, what happens to the community left behind?

After The Banks Leave

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Signs Of Economic Boom Emerge As Retail Sales Surge, Jobless Claims Hit Pandemic Low

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The Coronavirus Crisis

Signs Of Economic Boom Emerge As Retail Sales Surge, Jobless Claims Hit Pandemic Low

Retail sales jumped nearly 10% in March, as shoppers, flush with $1,400 relief payments, are feeling more confident about venturing out. Weekly unemployment claims dropped to a pandemic low.

Signs Of Economic Boom Emerge As Retail Sales Surge, Jobless Claims Hit Pandemic Low

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As Auto Industry Goes Electric, Can It Avoid A Battery Bottleneck?

Fears are rising about whether supplies of batteries can keep up with the expected surge in the production of electric vehicles. Pictured here is a close-up of individual battery cells contained in a battery pack module for a Lucid Motors electric vehicle. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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As Auto Industry Goes Electric, Can It Avoid A Battery Bottleneck?

As automakers from General Motors to Volkswagen bet big on an electric future, fears are rising about whether the world's supply of batteries can keep up.

As Auto Industry Goes Electric, Can It Avoid A Battery Bottleneck?

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What Is Infrastructure? It's A Gender Issue, For Starters

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What Is Infrastructure? It's A Gender Issue, For Starters

Many traditional infrastructure jobs have gone to men in the past. Progressives like Rep. Katie Porter fear that the way Biden is splitting his economic agenda could hurt American women.

What Is Infrastructure? It's A Gender Issue, For Starters

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Biden Says His Climate Plan Means Jobs. Some Union Members Are Skeptical

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Biden Says His Climate Plan Means Jobs. Some Union Members Are Skeptical

The Allegheny Front

President Biden has repeatedly promised the shift to clean energy will create "good-paying union jobs." But the wind and solar industries generally pay less, are not unionized, and need fewer people.

Biden Says His Climate Plan Means Jobs. Some Union Members Are Skeptical

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Workin' 9 To 5

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Workin' 9 To 5

The movie "9 to 5" used humor to highlight the struggles of women in the workplace 40 years ago. Where are we now? | Subscribe to our weekly newsletter here.

Workin' 9 To 5

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Falun Gong, Steve Bannon And The Trump-Era Battle Over Internet Freedom

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Investigations

Falun Gong, Steve Bannon And The Trump-Era Battle Over Internet Freedom

The Trump administration and a Democratic activist fought to win millions in federal funds for anti-censorship software tied to Falun Gong. That saga is now at the center of a criminal investigation.

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