‘The world according to Fox’: A CEO’s vision gets tested in court
Since Scott took over the top job at Fox News in 2018, her colleagues said, she has managed from behind the scenes with a simple...
Philip Roth’s biographer accused of sexual assault
Allegations against Blake Bailey, 57, have emerged, including claims that he sexually assaulted two women, one as recently as 2015, and that he behaved inappropriately...
The border town of Blaine, Washington, was on the rise. Then the coronavirus pandemic hit. VIEW
When the border between the United States and Canada closed to nonessential travel March 21, the southbound traffic into Blaine — the busiest crossing between...
Fired in a pandemic ‘because we tried to start a union,’ workers say
Cort, owned by Berkshire Hathaway, is one of sevaral American companies which appears to have taken advantage of the coronavirus crisis to target unionized workers,...
Tensions build between 7-Eleven and its store owners
The relationship between 7-Eleven and its store owners has been deteriorating for years. Franchisees who run nearly all of the chain’s 9,100 7-Eleven U.S. stores...
Out of the fryer and into the Uber car: Idaho-based Lamb Weston trying to deliver crispy fries
The biggest U.S. manufacturer of French fries, which grows potatoes and produces the fries in Washington, has recently introduced a new variety with a special...
A fast-food problem: Where have all the teenage workers gone?
Fast food is feeling the labor shortage acutely, especially as one important source of workers has dried up. In 2000, about 45 percent of those...
At Nike, revolt led by women leads to exodus of male executives
While the #MeToo movement has led to the downfall of individual men, the kind of sweeping overhaul that is occurring at Nike is rare in...
Thanks to Wall Street, there may be too many fast-food restaurants in U.S.
There are now more than 620,000 eating and drinking places in the United States, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and the number of...