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How the Fed has changed

By Nancy Marshall-Genzer
July 12, 2018
Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell testifies before the House Financial Services Committee in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill Feb. 27, 2018 in Washington, D.C. 
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A brief look at how five Fed chairs shifted the culture of the central bank.

POSTED IN:  Economy The Fed government Federal Reserve Jerome Powell Jay Powell Janet Yellen Alan Greenspan Henry Morgenthau Jr Charles Hamlin
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Low-wage workers are reviving Dr. King's 1968 Poor People's Campaign

By Renata Sago
May 08, 2018
Kentucky Poor People's Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival.
Courtesy of Steve Pavey

Low-wage workers have jobs, but many still live in poverty. So thousands of them, along with clergy and activists, are working to try and change that.

POSTED IN:  poverty Poor People's Campaign blacks workers Memphis Dr. Martin Luther King Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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Nonprofit Liberty University's "lucrative enterprise"

By Kai Ryssdal and Marketplace staff
May 05, 2018
Then-Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump delivers the convocation at Liberty University on Jan. 18, 2016, in Lynchburg, Virginia.
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The Lynchburg, Virginia, school has netted millions. Its online degree program is the reason.

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Why you rarely hear the “I Have a Dream” speech in full

By Renata Sago
January 15, 2018

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Civil rights tourism sees more demand and destinations

By Renata Sago
January 12, 2018
Tom Houck runs a three-hour in-depth civil rights tour in Atlanta. It's one of several across the South.
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From new attractions in Atlanta to a U.S. Civil Rights Trail, tourism around civil rights history is growing.

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'Food, not boobs': Carl’s Jr. and Hardee's are ready to grow up

By Jana Kasperkevic
March 29, 2017
 CKE Restaurants, the parent company of Carl's Jr. and Hardee's, says its advertising will focus on what matters most: food. Above, Carl's Jr.'s Most American Thickburger.
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A week after Andrew Puzder resigned, the company rolled out a more mature ad campaign.

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Why a burger at Carl's Jr. may be the same at Hardee's

By Annie Baxter
March 06, 2017
Is this a Carl's Jr. burger or a Hardee's burger? Or both?
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Why do seemingly identical brands go by different names in other regions?

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Days off to volunteer is an increasingly attractive benefit for workers

By Erika Beras
January 16, 2017

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Trump orders fast food exec as Labor Secretary

By Andy Uhler
December 09, 2016
Andy Puzder departing Trump Tower on Wednesday.
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