Segments From This Episode

• Strong U.S. dollar presents problems for much of the world

  by Sabri Ben-Achour

  

  Good for U.S. tourists and importers. Bad for exporters and fragile world economies.

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• After raising rates to combat inflation, the Bank of England is buying bonds to bring rates down

  by Justin Ho

  

  The BoE seeks to restore stability after U.K. bond markets reacted badly to a government plan to cut taxes and go deeper into debt.

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• Hurricane Ian has many thinking about the resilience of the electric grid

  by Andy Uhler

  

  There’s no one-size-fits-all way to make the power infrastructure impervious to natural disasters.

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• How one elementary principal is dealing with hiring staff and kids’ learning loss

  by Kai Ryssdal and Anais Amin

  

  “We are scrambling as a school, as a district” to catch up kids and address mental health needs, Jessica Gomez of Southern California says.

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• Pay transparency laws are changing the rules for salary negotiations

  by Meghan McCarty Carino

  

  California will require companies to publish salaries in job postings, a move aimed at closing pay gaps for women and people of color..

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• British walkers demand wider right to roam

  by Stephen Beard

  

  A United Kingdom group is calling for greater access to the countryside and is organizing mass trespasses to get it.

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