Ex-Google Employee Leaves Company With Some Parental Policy Advice NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Cristina Tcheyan about her decision to leave her job at Google to raise her children — and how companies can be more supportive of working parents.
Chicken Plants See Little Fallout From Immigration Raids The Trump administration says its crackdown helps discourage illegal immigration. But workers' advocates warn it leaves vulnerable employees open to exploitation and unsafe working conditions. Scott Horsley
A Look At The E-Verify Program And Its Blind Spots At least four of the poultry processing plants ICE raided this week claimed to use E-Verify to vet workers. NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with economist Madeline Zavodny about how well E-Verify's works.
How Much Worse Can U.S.-China Trade Relations Get? The Chinese government is trying to respond to President Trump's tariffs with measures of its own, but Beijing has its own pressures that might make a longterm strategy difficult to maintain. Emily Feng
Walmart Bans Violent Imagery, But Not Gun Sales Following shootings at two store locations, Walmart said in an internal memo it would take down all imagery and stop playing videos that depicted violence. Susie Neilson
Mercer Mega Block sale could haul in $143.5 million for city of Seattle A $143.5 million sale of the Mercer Mega Block could plow tens of millions into affordable housing efforts in Seattle. Kate Walters
Government Deadline Approaches To Ban Chinese-Made Surveillance Cameras There are thousands of Chinese-made surveillance cameras in government buildings across the United States. Congress is banning them Aug. 13, but it's unclear how that will be carried out. Jackie Northam
FedEx Is Breaking Up With Amazon, Ending Ground-Shipping Contract Federal Express is increasingly seeing Amazon as a competitor in the shipping business. FedEx announced Wednesday that it is ending its ground-shipping contract with Amazon. Alina Selyukh
Deepening Fears About The Global Economy Send Stocks Falling Again Stocks resumed their slide amid escalating fears that the U.S.-China trade war will further damage a worldwide economy that's already slowing. Central banks in Asia and New Zealand cut rates. Jim Zarroli
Big Chill With China Takes Its Toll On Flow Of Money, People And Ideas As tensions deepen, the flow of tourists, students, researchers and entrepreneurs has slowed between the U.S. and China. Emily Feng