Battle for the soul of capitalism

Investors are punishing Walmart for raising workers’ pay

Walmart announced it was raising pay for 425,000 of its lowest-paid workers yesterday. Read More

After dramatic rebuke, AstraZeneca lowers vaccine efficacy estimate—a little

Enlarge / A vial of the AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine is pictured at a coronavirus vaccination centre at the Wanda Metropolitano stadium in Madrid on March 24, 2021. (credit: Getty | Gabriel Bouys) Brushing aside a dramatic rebuke from government researchers and independent experts, AstraZeneca on Wednesday night announced that a new analysis found its COVID-19 vaccine […]

Woman Posts TikTok Of 5-Hour Self-Isolation In Airplane Bathroom After COVID Test Mid-Flight

A Michigan teacher suddenly began feeling sick in the middle of a flight from Chicago to Reykjavík, Iceland last week, and so she took the precaution of taking a rapid COVID test on the plane. To her shock, she tested positive. So , the woman — a teacher named Marisa Fotieo — decided to do […]