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How H-1B Restrictions Popped Dallas’ Housing Bubble
For more than a decade, the towns north of Dallas, Texas – places like Frisco, Prosper and Celina – have seen an unprecedented housing boom, thanks i…
2 months, 1 week ago
Huge AI Bonuses Spark South Korea Tech Wealth Fight
Samsung recently made headlines when it narrowly averted a strike by offering eye-popping bonuses to its chip workers. But the move has seemingly bac…
2 months, 1 week ago
How America’s Consumer Watchdog Became a Corporate Protector
The US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is tasked with enforcing consumer finance laws and holding some of the country’s most powerful banks, len…
2 months, 1 week ago
Weekend Listen: Indonesia’s $15 Billion Free Lunch Experiment
Indonesia’s free lunch program is a massive operation, feeding tens of millions of people every day across a vast archipelago.
On this episode of the…
2 months, 1 week ago
China Is Recruiting US Citizens to Work for Its Government
The mayor of an affluent suburb of Los Angeles pleaded guilty to acting as an agent of the Chinese government last month. And while cable networks ac…
2 months, 1 week ago
The DOJ's Campaign to Track Down Anonymous ICE Critics
Free speech lawyers are watching in real time as the US government escalates efforts to unmask anonymous critics of ICE.
On today’s Big Take podcast,…
2 months, 1 week ago
Unpacking Trump’s $1.8 Billion Anti-Weaponization Fund
The US Justice Department has announced it would establish a $1.776 billion legal fund to compensate people who claim they’ve been targeted unfairly …
2 months, 2 weeks ago
US Threatens Cuba With Trump’s Venezuela Blueprint
The Trump administration is ramping up pressure on Cuba’s regime. Just this month, it indicted former President Raúl Castro, announced the deployment…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Next Africa: Did Aid Cuts Make The Ebola Outbreak Worse?
The Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo may have been spreading for months, according to the World Health Organization.
On this we…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Weekend Listen: China vs the US: Kishore Mahbubani on a Zero-Sum Rivalry
Beyond this month's talks between Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump, there’s an epic tale that has been unfolding for decade…
2 months, 2 weeks ago