What Blockbuster Automaker Profits Tell Us About The Pandemic Economy The auto industry was devastated this spring by coronavirus shutdowns. But the recovery has been much faster and stronger than anyone anticipated as demand for new trucks and SUVs continues. Camila Domonoske
Auto Sales Rebound Faster Than Analysts Had Predicted Earlier this year things were looking grim for the auto sector. Plants were shut down and experts predicted a big drop in demand. But now automakers are making a lot of money. Camila Domonoske
These Women Built Careers In Retail. The Pandemic Tore Through Their Stores Women hold the majority of jobs in clothing and department stores, gift and souvenir shops. They run cash registers everywhere. Now thousands of stores have shuttered, leaving them jobless. Alina Selyukh
California Voters Give Uber, Lyft A Win But Some Drivers Aren't So Sure Uber and Lyft are cheering the passage of Prop 22, which says they don't have to treat their drivers as employees and provide benefits like paid sick leave. Critics say they'll keep fighting. Shannon Bond
Another Black Eye For Polling Industry, Media That Rely On It Nearly all election polls forecasted a blue wave. But when that failed to materialize, pollsters looked foolish — and the news organizations they partner with lost credibility too. David Folkenflik
Stocks Soar As Tense Election Draws To A Close Investors are betting that Democrats could take control of the White House and the Senate, increasing the prospect of passing a new relief package once the election is over. Jim Zarroli
The American Government Once Offered Widely Affordable Child Care ... 77 Years Ago Affordable, quality child care was hard to come by even before the pandemic and now even more so. It's not for a lack of ideas about how to fix it. Is this the moment those ideas are taken seriously? Andrea Hsu
Cruise Lines Can Sail Again From The U.S., But It's Not Clear How Soon The federal government has given the go-ahead for cruise ships to sail from ports in the United States. Officials stopped cruise lines in March as the coronavirus pandemic ramped up. Greg Allen
In Reversal, Walmart Puts Guns Back On Display Walmart is returning guns and ammunition back to display shelves after earlier citing "isolated civil unrest" as the reason for temporarily taking them out of view as a safety precaution. Alina Selyukh
News Brief: Final Electoral Map, Hidden Coronavirus Data, Stock Market NPR's final electoral map still shows plenty of uncertainty. Federal agencies are not sharing key hospitalization data with the public. And, Wall Street weighs in on the election and the stock market.
