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  • Special: Democracy in the Desert
    Alex Schroeder/Marketplace

    They say all politics is local. So where’s the local news coverage this election year? Welcome to a Marketplace Morning Report special we’re calling “Democracy in the Desert. We’ve been traveling to what are called “news deserts” in Super Tuesday states to hear about the business models that are failing or informing voters as they make their choices. We visit a border town in Texas, North Carolina and a Virginia county that’s just about an hour south of Washington, D.C., for more.

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  • 60 years since the Civil Rights Act, racial wealth gaps persist
    Federico Parra/AFP via Getty Images

    A new report measures racial inequality in the U.S. across employment, health care, housing, criminal justice and other areas.

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  • The life and death of a Virginia newspaper
    Alex Schroeder/Marketplace

    We hear from Keith Stickley, who started — and shuttered — a newspaper in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley.

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  • An ICE high speed train of German railway operator Deutsche Bahn.
    Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP via Getty Images

    From the BBC World Service: Pay negotiations between Germany’s Deutsche Bahn and its drivers’ union have broken down.

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  • $8.5 billion for 750 million sets of eyes
    Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images

    Disney recently announced a media merger with India’s Reliance Industries aimed at creating a major new streaming platform.

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  • Democracy in a desert near D.C.
    Alex Schroeder/Marketplace

    Just an hour’s drive from the nation’s capital, a changing media landscape left a community with few options for credible news.

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  • Striking South Korean doctors threatened with arrest
    Jung Yeon-Je/AFP via Getty Images

    From the BBC World Service: South Korea says it will ban doctors from ever practicing again if they don’t return to work.

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  • Extra day, extra pay?
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    Feb. 29, 2024 is a regular ol’ work day. So what does that additional day mean for your paycheck?

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  • From news desert to election do-over
    Scott Olson/Getty Images

    Today, we’ll head to North Carolina to learn about a 2018 election fraud controversy in a place with little local news coverage.

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  • A Country Garden residential area in Nanjing, China.
    Getty Images

    A petition to liquidate has been filed against developer Country Garden in Hong Kong’s High Court.

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