Segments From This Episode

• How are CEOs doing on their stakeholdlers pledge?

  by Kai Ryssdal, Maria Hollenhorst and Daisy Palacios

  

  In 2019, some of the country’s most powerful business leaders promised to redefine what it means to be a corporation. Then the pandemic hit.

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• Rents are falling in some cities

  by Amy Scott

  

  But the flight to the suburbs may be overblown.

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• Retailers pledge 15% of shelf space to Black-owned businesses

  by Marielle Segarra

  

  The 15 Percent Pledge is pushing retailers to devote more shelf space to Black-owned businesses.

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• A food historian’s “ode to macaroni and cheese”

  by Maria Hollenhorst

  

  “We like to curse processed foods,” says Jeffrey Miller. “But we usually do it with a mouth full of them.”

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• Don’t expect a tuition refund if your university moves classes online

  by Erika Beras

  

  Students may not be getting what they signed up for, but they’re unlikely to get their money back.

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• What the story of Soul City, N.C., can teach us about fixing systemic economic racism

  by Andie Corban and Kai Ryssdal

  

  Civil rights leader Floyd McKissick set out to create a town, aided by government funding, that would showcase Black capitalism. Professor Devin Fergus explains why the story is relevant today.

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