Latest from John Bruington

• Apr 18, 2024

  Reflections on Baltimore’s bridge collapse from the workers who built it

  

  Many who worked on the Francis Scott Key Bridge considered it to be a monument to their work. What happens when that monument is gone?

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• Apr 18, 2024

  TikTok under EU scrutiny — again

  

  From the BBC World Service: The European Commission has given TikTok 24 hours to provide more information on its new app that pays users to watch videos.

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• Apr 17, 2024

  A pivotal moment for the union push in Southern states

  

  Workers at a Volkswagen factory in Chattanooga, Tennessee, begin voting on whether to join the United Auto Workers union today.

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• Apr 17, 2024

  The Black businesses behind some of baseball’s best players

  

  On today’s show, we hear about the Black baseball players and entrepreneurs of the pre-integration Negro Leagues.

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• Apr 17, 2024

  IMF: Russia to beat other advanced economies

  

  From the BBC World Service: Despite extensive sanctions, the International Monetary Fund has forecast Russia’s economy will grow more than any other rich nation this year.

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• Apr 16, 2024

  Why do we see the online ads we see? Hard to say.

  

  The biggest tech platforms are getting poor grades from a new study on advertising transparency.

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• Apr 16, 2024

  Is a system telling landlords how much to charge for rent illegal?

  

  Today, a look at landlords, the company RealPage and alleged rent-fixing.

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• Apr 16, 2024

  China show more signs of recovery

  

  From the BBC World Service: Economic growth in China, the world’s second biggest economy, beat expectations in the first quarter.

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• Apr 15, 2024

  Busting the “immigrants as job takers” myth

  

  Immigrants are more likely to start new companies than U.S.-born citizens, and those businesses create jobs.

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• Apr 15, 2024

  Happy Tax Day from your friendly neighborhood chatbot

  

  Both H&R Block and Intuit have introduced generative artificial intelligence assistants to help people file their tax returns.

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