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In West Texas, growing oil production comes with deadly highways

By Travis Bubenik

March 04, 2019

Trucking instructor Don Jefferies outside the training class he teaches at Houston Community College. — Travis Bubenik for Marketplace

A combinations of dense traffic and time-pressed truckers has led to a spike in fatal crashes.

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California voters to have their say on gas tax hike

October 29, 2018

A sign promotes street repairs being funded by California's year-old gas tax. — Jed Kim/ Marketplace

Gas taxes pay for fewer road repairs thanks to inflation and better fuel efficiency.

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Rapper Dessa on hard truths about life as a touring artist

By Kai Ryssdal and Maria Hollenhorst

September 18, 2018

Dessa is a touring musician and a member of the Minneapolis based hip-hop collective Doomtree. — Chad Kamenshine/Courtesy of Dessa Wander

"I have earned the dark circles this year," she says.

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How road trips changed America

By Kai Ryssdal and Maria Hollenhorst

July 03, 2018

Author Richard Ratay gets first chance behind the wheel during a family road trip to Santa’s Village in East Dundee Illinois in 1972. He is joined by his sister, Leslie, and two brothers, Mark (rear seat) and Bruce. — Courtesy of Richard Ratay

... and how America changed road trips

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How “Brand America” is perceived as Trump travels to Asia

By Aaron Schrank

November 03, 2017

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Laptops and smartphones on the New Silk Road

By John Laurenson

October 11, 2016

Loading a container on the train for China. — John Laurenson/Marketplace

Duisburg is the biggest inland container port in the world, and you've probably never heard of it.

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The Dark Web: Still weaving

November 11, 2015

askal bosch/Flickr via Creative Commons

Silk Road's legacy: A more complex ecosystem of services that are easier to use.

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Who owns the most bitcoin?

By Nancy Marshall-Genzer

October 22, 2015

A view of bitcoin medals. Bitcoin uses peer-to-peer technology to operate with no central authority or banks. — KAREN BLEIER/AFP/Getty Images

The U.S. Marshals Service is auctioning off more bitcoin seized from Silk Road.

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Ever wonder who makes those big highway signs?

By Mark Garrison

September 22, 2015

Inmate Odell Blue at work in the road sign plant. — Mark Garrison / Marketplace

The people who do may never get a chance to actually see them in use.

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