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Why are these two states the only holdouts in the massive antitrust probe of Google?

Healthcare CEO: Why businesses can be key allies in the fight against inequality

John Driscoll, the CEO of CareCentrix, believes that businesses have unique obligations to the communities they serve, as well as to their employees.

Despite Trump’s tough talk on China, U.S. still lax about inspecting Chinese drugmakers

About 80 percent of the active ingredients in all U.S. drugs come from overseas, predominantly China, and their quality is often a matter of life and death.

The inside story of China’s stunning rise from tech imitator to innovator

In her new book, ‘Tech Titans of China,’ journalist Rebecca Fannin profiles some of the key players and companies driving China’s booming tech economy.

Don Jr.’s visit to luxury resort ‘prelaunch’ in Indonesia revives conflict-of-interest concerns

Five years after Ferguson, let’s make sure frontline activists don’t become ‘living casualties’

In the wake of the Ferguson Uprising and other social movements taking place across the country, it’s more important than ever to make sure that frontline activists are able to survive the trauma and move on with their lives.

How a fierce debate over GMO could determine the future of agriculture in Africa

Ghana plans to release genetically modified cowpea seeds this year or next, which would make it the third sub-Saharan African country to approve the local production and sale of GM food. But will they benefit the small farmers they were designed for?

How companies can get politically active without breaking the law

From taking a stance on issues ranging from Charlottesville to the immigration crisis, companies are getting politically engaged like never before. But they need to be careful to hew closely to the morass of federal campaign finance laws that govern this sort of activity.

Huawei and its U.S. suppliers increase spending on lobbyists in face of trade deadline

The Chinese telecom giant, which is banned from dealing with U.S. companies, increased its lobbying by more than 20 percent during the first half of the year.

Artificial intelligence could improve healthcare for all—unless it doesn’t

AI-driven medical tools could democratize healthcare, but some worry they could also worsen inequalities.

‘Disaster waiting to happen’ as airlines increase use of offshore repair centers

A Boeing 787 with a cracked high-pressure duct was serviced in Chile, then arrived in Chicago with the duct held together by tape and wire.

Why genuine human intelligence is key for the development of AI

Amid stunning developments in artificial intelligence, it’s important for data scientists to rely on their own critical thinking and not just turn everything over to the machines.

How the Geochicas are using crowdsourced maps to improve the lives of women in Latin America

Female cartographers are leading the fight against gender bias and sexual violence using digital mapping technology.

More than two-thirds of Obamacare cosponsors are now backing Medicare for All proposal

And those incumbent House Democrats who cosponsored Obamacare but have declined to endorse a Medicare for All proposal have each received an average of $290,000 in campaign contributions from the 10 largest U.S. healthcare companies.

Prime Day for a union? Not yet at this Amazon warehouse

Out at Amazon’s cavernous fulfillment center in Staten Island, New York, workers seem conflicted about efforts to unionize the labor force.

Big Tech’s favorite lawmakers are backing an overhaul of the green card program

The Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act seeks to eliminate a massive backlog of green-card applicants by removing per-country caps.

Even after his arrest, scientists were more than happy to take money from Jeffrey Epstein

For years, automakers wildly overpromised on self-driving cars and electric vehicles—what now?

Tech execs and auto company leaders are becoming increasingly pessimistic about the future of AVs—and they are far less sanguine about electric vehicles (EVs) as well—because the raft of rosy projections in recent years have not even remotely come true.

The ‘Indiana Jones of mezcal’ takes on Big Liquor and tries to save a culture

Erick Rodriguez, who sells unique mezcals from small agave producers in Mexico, is scrambling to compete with giant distributors eager to make money off the fastest-growing niche of the liquor market.