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China is responding to U.S. sanctions last week on Chinese officials over the treatment of Uighur Muslims in northwestern China.

There was a financial imperative for the name change, as sponsors and retailers threatened to pull their money and stop selling team merchandise.

The company has committed to helping the Black Lives Matter movement, but has faced pressure to go beyond writing a check.

Banks touch many sectors of the economy, that may be struggling — or thriving — during the COVID-19 pandemic.

A fiction writer’s surreal take on the COVID-19 economy imagines a world where delivery vans arrive and confiscate your things.

“It shouldn’t be my nonprofit that has to be monitoring and focusing its energy on a corporation that makes $70 billion a year,” said Color of Change President Rashad Robinson.

The problem is worse among households earning $50,000 a year or less.

Three years after Hurricane Maria destroyed Puerto Rico’s electric grid, the island is still dealing with unreliable service and intermittent power outages, especially in rural areas.

The idea is that internet is not a luxury, but a fundamental part of participating in the economy.

The extra $600 every week is set to run out at the end of this month.