During the third week of February in 2021, most of Texas was drenched in snow that caused power outages to millions of its residents. During that week, Texas officials claimed that “green energy” was responsible for said power outages, and the state should therefore not switch from oil and natural ...

With the coronavirus pandemic wreaking havoc on the US economy, Democratic legislators have pushed to add a law doubling the federal minimum wage into a recently proposed stimulus bill aimed at easing some of the economic hardship that many Americans have faced during the pandemic. One company in particular, Walmart, ...

By: Emily Smith February 23, 2021 Source: YahooFinance As of Friday February 19th, Margaret Mitchell made an announcement via twitter that she was fired from Google after making claims about discrimination within the company. Prior, Mitchell worked as the lead of Google’s Ethical Artificial Intelligence team. Google confirmed her firing ...

Christian Sutton- February 21, 2021 About three million businesses advertise on Facebook since it is such a large social media platform with over 2.8 billion users. As these businesses target different audiences, certain companies, like Mighty Well, target their clothes and apparel for people with disabilities and pursue to advertise ...

CJ Oravec – February 21st, 2021 Source: CNet Apple has recently unveiled a new privacy policy when it comes to data-tracking across websites and platforms on their devices.  The feature, App Tracking Transparency (or ATT), is Apple’s way of allowing the user to decide whether or not they want their ...

Imagine waking up one morning and you have $500 million in your bank account because someone sent it to you by mistake. Would you keep the money or send the money back? Well, before you start adding all the things you want to the shopping cart, hear the story first: ...

By: Maya Lescano (2/21/21) Original Source: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-economy/global-economy-can-shake-off-pandemic-in-2021-leaders-say-idINKBN29I1KV Image source: https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Feconomictimes.indiatimes.com%2Ftopic%2FSouth-Asia-Global%2F9&psig=AOvVaw36VGwrQJDwVpdySRJ7aea2&ust=1613986724649000&source=images&cd=vfe&ved=0CAIQjRxqFwoTCIjvlKTX-u4CFQAAAAAdAAAAABAE Globalization has a direct impact on the integration of international trade and financial flows in the world economy. Due to the current weakened economy, wealthy countries must take on the role of older siblings in guiding developing nations through the ...

Zoe Parsons // February 18, 2021 https://www.forbes.com/sites/annakang/2020/08/31/from-co2-to-vodka-air-company-launches-worlds-first-carbon-negative-spirit/?sh=43289eb54f5a Sustainability and environmental consciousness have become consumer priorities, in which companies are working to change their practices in order to meet these social and environmental norms. Air Co. is the perfect example of a socially and environmentally conscious business. Air Co. is a ...

Jenna Stetter February 18 On January 26th, 2021, protests in India turned violent when farmers took to the streets of New Delhi calling to the government to repeal new agriculture laws. However, to understand why these protests came to happen, we need to rewind a few months. Reporters Mashal, Schmall, ...

On February 13, 2021 the UK Supreme Court ruled that the communities of the Niger Delta could sue Royal Dutch Shell in English courts. This decision has a lot of history. Since 1989, there have been at least 40 oil spills in the region. The pollution has made water undrinkable ...

It feels like we have been talking about it forever, but Brexit, after officially occurring a little more than a year ago on January 31 2020, is now in full effect. The growing pains of a volatile shift in political and economic policy are now being felt by British companies. ...

By Avery Barror – 2/14/21 Airbnb recently got caught in the midst of a violent political affair, the Capitol Riot that took place on January 6, 2021, and gave CEO Brain Chesky a run for his money. Along with this came severe backlash and pressure to respond to his company’s ...

By: Maya Lescano (2/15/21) Original Source: https://deadline.com/2021/01/the-social-dilemma-director-jeff-orlowski-netflix-documentary-interview-news-1234678324/ An article was released by Deadline which focused on the hit documentary: The Social Dilemma. This film exposed how social media networks use psychological tactics to manipulate the masses through specialized algorithms. It breeds a culture where humans are seen as commodities rather ...

Claire Pascocello Feb 12, 2021 The opioid epidemic kills tens of thousands of Americans each year. Four companies,  Johnson & Johnson, McKesson, AmerisourceBergen and Cardinal Health, have agreed to pay $26 billion to settle claims that they helped to push highly addictive pills to the public and especially towards those ...

Sophia Bobrowsky  Feb 10th, 2021 Have you ever used the incognito browser or a VPN (Virtual Private Network) to find a cheaper flight option with an airline? Russel Pedley did not understand this trick when he went to the United Airlines mobile app and website and found 2 different prices ...