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  • Zahir Basrai is an emergency room physician in Los Angeles. 
    Zahir Basrai

    Amid the chaos, you need to form an instant connection with patients.

  • Coal mining companies and power plants that burn coal are trying to sort out the implications of a deregulatory move by the Trump administration late Friday. The EPA is proposing to re-think rules cutting the air pollutant mercury – it’s a toxin which can impact the brain development of babies. For now, the agency says […]

  • Workers celebrate outside the Ronald Reagan State Building in downtown Los Angeles on April 4, 2016, after California Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill that will raise the state's minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2022.
    FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/Getty Images

    Twenty states are raising their minimum wages as we usher in 2019.

  • A stop sign is seen near the White House during a government shutdown in Washington, D.C., in December.
    Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP/Getty Images

    The impasse over border wall funding is likely the first of many spending battles facing the new divided Congress.

  • Elizabeth White and her forthcoming book "55, Underemployed, and Faking Normal."
    Courtesy of Elizabeth White

    “We are not primarily here because of too many trips to Starbucks,” author Elizabeth White says.

  • Excavators dig massive pits at the River Aggregates sand mine near Houston, Texas.
    Travis Bubenik for Marketplace

    In business-friendly Texas, lawmakers could crack down on sand mines amid flooding concerns.

  • The holidays are a big time for the entertainment industry, and Broadway is no exception. The week between Christmas and New Year’s Day is by far the biggest week of the year for ticket sales. And already, the trade group The Broadway League says ticket sales over the last month are up 17 percent from the the same […]

  • The hundreds of thousands of federal workers who are not getting paid because of the partial government shutdown got a little advice from the government’s Office of Personnel Management today. Tips include how to talk to credit card companies, mortgage lenders and landlords about not being able to pay their bills. The OPM put out […]

  • When you return a gift to the store, it costs the retailer money to process your return and restock the item. And if you are returning it via mail, it’s an even bigger headache for the retailer.  Click the audio player above to hear the full story.

  • Volatility impacts a company’s stock price, which has big consequences for the company itself, not just for the investors.  Click the audio player above to hear the full story.