Why Merck’s antiviral pill is not a silver bullet for COVID

Nearly 80% of the 346,000 workers who vanished from the U.S. labor force in January are women

The pandemic forced another 275,000 women out of the U.S. labor force in January, worsening the catastrophic employment crisis for working women. Women accounted for almost 80% of U.S. adults who stopped working or looking for work last month, according to an analysis of Friday’s jobs report by the National Women’s Law Center. More than […]

The Fortune 500 has a new Black CEO

New TIAA CEO Thasunda Brown Duckett bolsters the too-thin ranks of Black women CEOs, plus diversity in the wilderness, the Equality Act for LGBTQ rights, and more. Read More

A record 12,200 U.S. stores closed in 2020 as e-commerce, pandemic changed retail forever

When it comes to store closings, 2020 was a year for the record books. Ravaged by a pandemic that shuttered stores for weeks in the spring—driving more spending online—retailers big and small closed 12,200 stores in the U.S. last year, according to a compilation released on Wednesday by commercial real estate firm CoStar Group. In […]