After Brexit, net migration to Britain tumblesBy Stephen BeardNovember 30, 2017POSTED IN: world england migration Immigration European Union Economy business ListenreadDownloadDownload
Puerto Ricans arrive in Florida to find affordable housing is scarceBy Renata SagoNovember 28, 2017Renata Sago/MarketplaceMore than 170,000 people have evacuated Puerto Rico for Florida and their immediate need, affordable housing, is hard to come by.POSTED IN: world Puerto Rico hurricane maria FEMA natural disaster hurricanes weather Housing Jobs ListenreadDownloadDownload
It's against the law for employers to make you sick. Thank the "Radium Girls" for thatBy David Brancaccio and Katie LongNovember 28, 2017Heinz Dietrich Suppan/Handout100 years ago, New Jersey factory workers fought to hold companies accountable for radium poisoning. Their battle led to our labor safety standards today.POSTED IN: radium World War I workers rights employment ListenreadDownloadDownload
Agricultural workers in Sicily say the job is strenuous, the days are long and the wages are decliningBy Lucia BenavidesNovember 23, 2017Lucia Benavides/ for MarketplaceItaly made $44 billion off of agricultural exports in 2016. Yet academics studying labor exploitation said worker wages are decreasing. POSTED IN: world italy Agriculture business Economy sicily ListenreadDownloadDownload
How the Panama Papers' secret network of offshore money was discoveredBy Kai Ryssdal and Sean McHenryNovember 22, 2017Juan Mabromata/AFP/Getty ImagesIn his new book, writer Jake Bernstein describes the web of accounts and how “it touches everything.”POSTED IN: world paradise papers The Panama Papers Iceland offshore accounts Tax evasion ListenreadDownloadDownload
Tens of thousands of Haitians and others face losing their temporary legal statusBy Kimberly AdamsNovember 21, 2017The Trump administration is ending Temporary Protected Status for Haitians, Nicaraguans and maybe other groups.POSTED IN: world Haiti temporary legal status TPS Immigration Nicaragua humanitarian aid ListenreadDownloadDownload
Germany won't have a government anytime soon By Kai Ryssdal and Shaheen AinpourNovember 20, 2017JOHN MACDOUGALL/AFP/Getty ImagesThe German parliament still has not formed a coalition government.POSTED IN: world Germany kai ryssdal Angela Merkel AfD Europe EU ListenreadDownloadDownload
Cornwall's fishermen face up to post-Brexit realities By Stephen BeardNovember 16, 2017Stephen Beard/MarketplacePeople working out of Britain's largest fishing port wonder what lies ahead.POSTED IN: world EU Brexit Cornwall fishing industry UK ListenreadDownloadDownload
The U.S. shale boom is big, but not an economic silver bulletBy Jed KimNovember 14, 2017POSTED IN: Economy Oil gas international energy agency world energy outlook shale oil energy ListenreadDownloadDownload