Who should be in charge of housing? Should it be local homeowners who organize themselves into neighborhood organizations to protect their interests? How about local elected officials, who presumably were put in office to think about the needs of their constituents, especially when it comes to making sure they actually get to stay in their […]

Like much of America, I spent the past two weeks closely monitoring the case of Gabrielle Petito, 22, who left home with a van and aspirations of seeing America but also a partner who was later seen slapping and hitting her, according to a 911 caller. On police body camera footage taken one month before […]

Heidi Shierholz is not a fan of noncompete agreements, which many employers require new hires to sign. The contracts prohibit employees who quit from taking a job at a competitor for a period ranging from months to years. Often the stated justification is to protect a company’s business strategies from being shared with a rival. […]

More from our inbox: To the Editor: Re “Do Democrats Have the Courage of Liz Cheney?,” by Thomas L. Friedman (column, Sept. 29): Well said, Tom Friedman! We will find out this week. How is it that Republicans can remain united on almost all issues, even a treasonous assault on national elections, and still win […]

(Reuters) – Life Time Group Holdings Inc, an operator of fitness centers backed by private equity firms Leonard Green & Partners and TPG, is aiming for a valuation of $4.16 billion in a U.S. initial public offering. In its planned return to the stock market six years after it was taken private, Life Time is […]

Congressional Democrats have been conducting an unusual kind of negotiation over the central piece of President Biden’s agenda. As they try to write a bill that can pass both the House and the Senate, they are talking about removing some of the plan’s most popular provisions. An overwhelming majority of Americans favor government action to […]

Yellen warns of ‘self-inflicted’ financial crisis Janet Yellen, the U.S. treasury secretary, warned U.S. lawmakers of “catastrophic” consequences if Congress failed to raise or suspend the statutory debt limit before Oct. 18, saying inaction could lead to a self-inflicted economic recession and a financial crisis. Her warnings came as the stock market had its worst […]

“He thinks there’s no systemic racism.” No, it’s just that I think we overstate its role in American society today. “But what about redlining? What about the cops? Can he really …?” Yes, he can — because things like that just aren’t as simple as we are taught to suppose. One recent study of redlining […]

By Jamelle Bouie Opinion Columnist Sometimes, and much to our detriment, we find real events are simply too outlandish to take seriously. Many professional Republicans, for example, initially dismissed the movement to “Stop the Steal” as a ridiculous stunt. “What is the downside for humoring him for this little bit of time? No one seriously […]

FRANKFURT (Reuters) -Shares in Goldman Sachs’ Petershill Partners opened flat on Tuesday, as the firm which invests in alternative investment managers sold 1.2 billion pounds ($1.64 billion)of stock in an initial public offering. The company, which takes minority stakes in private equity, venture capital and hedge funds, was valued at 4 billion pounds. It plans […]