Chickpeas Sit In Silos As Trump's Trade Wars Wage On The largest importers of crops like lentils, garbanzos or peas — China and India — aren't buying, due to trade wars and tariffs. But farmers already planted in anticipation of sales. Anna King
Kevin Hassett On Trade Talks With China, Partial Government Shutdown Steve Inskeep talks to Kevin Hassett, chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, about trade talks and the partial government shutdown. NPR's Scott Horsley weighs in on the discussion.
On Jan. 1, Books, Movies And Music From 1923 Enter Public Domain James Boyle and Jennifer Jenkins of Duke's Center for the Study of the Public Domain talk with NPR's Leila Fadel about the movies, music and books from 1923 entering the public domain on Jan. 1.
Market Volatility Forecast NPR's Don Gonyea speaks with Financial Times global business columnist Rana Foroohar about the recent market volatility, and what it could mean for the economy in 2019.
National Parks? Many Are Open During The Shutdown. Their Bathrooms? Not So Much Some state governments and tourism boards have been using their own funds to keep the parks open. Elsewhere, open but unstaffed parks have become something of a free-for-all. Laurel Wamsley
With $100, a Seattle teenager launched the company that would become UPS If you’ve been on the Seattle Underground Tour, you know that UPS launched here. Paige Browning
Financially Struggling Workers Are Caught Up In Governement Shutdown Government employees are getting paid for work they did before the shutdown, but checks will end. Among the 800,000 people affected, are many who struggle to make ends meet, even in the best of times. Tom Gjelten
U.S. Stocks Come Back After Steep Losses During The Day The stock market made a comeback after spending much of Thursday in negative territory, a day after a record-setting rally on Wall Street. The Dow closed up nearly 260 points, more than 1 percent. Emily Sullivan
Are Seattle drivers so bad? Is Tacoma so beta? And are we earthquake ready? On this episode of SoundQs, Deborah Wang is joined by Crosscut's Knute Berger and Officer Kevin O'Neill with the Seattle Police Department. Adwoa Gyimah-Brempong
Mail-Order Pies: An Expensive Slice Of Nostalgia For Which Many Will Pay It can cost more to ship a pie than the price of the pie itself, and causes bakers a lot of headaches. So why does business boom over the holidays? Well, that's personal. Tove Danovich