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The world's first publicly traded person

by David Brancaccio and Rose Conlon
Apr 15, 2021
In 2008, Mike Merrill started selling shares of himself for $1 each. How's his stock doing now?
In 2008, Mike Merrill started selling shares of himself for $1 each.
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EEC: Documentary Studies

A primer on Corporate Memphis, Big Tech's favorite design trend

by David Brancaccio and Rose Conlon
Apr 15, 2021
Sans-serif fonts, pastel palettes, long-limbed cartoons. Why are these designs so popular? And why do they garner criticism?
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What does Warhol “fair use” ruling mean for artists and copyrights?

by David Brancaccio , Rose Conlon and Daniel Shin
Apr 9, 2021
Art critic and Warhol biographer Blake Gopnik fears the decision will have a profound effect on "appropriation art."
Lynn Goldsmith’s photograph, left, and Andy Warhol’s portrait of Prince, as reproduced in court documents.
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A new airline is launching, focusing on smaller airports

by David Brancaccio , Meredith Garretson and Rose Conlon
Apr 8, 2021
Avelo Airlines will offer nonstop flights to secondary airports across the Western U.S.
Avelo Airlines will offer nonstop flights to secondary airports across the Western U.S.
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Does universal basic income discourage work? Maybe not, new data says.

by David Brancaccio , Erika Soderstrom and Rose Conlon
Apr 7, 2021
We're learning more about what happens when the government gives people money without conditions.
New data from the first year of a universal basic income program in Stockton, California, suggests worries over work incentives might be overblown.
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Vanishing America

"I could just get lost in the place": Remembering a Connecticut sheet music store

by Rose Conlon
Apr 6, 2021
Piano teacher Victoria Reeve shares what Foundry Music meant to the New Haven community.
New Haven piano teacher Victoria Reeve in front of the now-closed sheet music store Foundry Music.
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COVID-19

For Broadway performers, a year of pandemic unemployment and reflection

by Sabri Ben-Achour and Rose Conlon
Apr 2, 2021
As Broadway eyes reopening, a performer reflects on a year offstage.
"I think theater is resilient," said Broadway's Kathryn Allison. "There's nothing like sitting in a theater with a group of people, watching something that you know tomorrow's audience will never see."
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COVID-19

Addiction has soared during the pandemic. Here's how one treatment center is responding.

by Sabri Ben-Achour , Meredith Garretson and Rose Conlon
Mar 30, 2021
The incoming CEO of the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation on meeting demand for and expanding access to addiction treatment.
"We’ve known that addiction is a disease of loneliness," said Dr. Joseph Lee, the incoming CEO of the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation, about the increase in demand for treatment.
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Who's going to buy Robinhood stock after an IPO?

by David Brancaccio , Rose Conlon and Erika Soderstrom
Mar 24, 2021
There's no word yet on when the IPO would happen, but Robinhood has filed the confidential plan to go public later this year.
If buying stock on Robinhood is free, how does the company make its money?
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Former treasury secretary urges stronger response to China’s infrastructure program

by David Brancaccio and Rose Conlon
Mar 23, 2021
Former Treasury Secretary Jack Lew says the U.S. needs to mobilize around infrastructure at home and abroad.
China's Belt and Road Initiative is "as much about securing trade and supply lines as it is about expanding China's presence in the world," according to former U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew.
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