by Nick Song | May 24, 2026 | Featured, Trade
The cattle game has been good for Chris Lynch as of late. He and his wife began raising cattle in 2015 on their farm in California, MO. Their herd of 30 “mama cows” produces around 29 calves per year. This year, Lynch was able to purchase insurance that guarantees...
by Keyian Vafai | Apr 16, 2026 | Featured, Manufacturing
Pawel Krasicki had been working the fry station at a restaurant in John F Kennedy International Airport when his father’s cancer diagnosis made the rigid hours of restaurant work impossible. Like many Americans struggling to care for a sick parent, Krasicki, a...
by Keyian Vafai | Apr 6, 2026 | Featured, Manufacturing
In the first look at US manufacturing since the beginning of the US-Israel war on Iran, manufacturing activity ticked upward again in March to its strongest level in nearly four years, signaling renewed industrial momentum with the caveat that, below-the-fold,...
by Fariha Rahman | Apr 2, 2026 | Featured, Housing
For decades, the American public library has been the ultimate “third space,” a sanctuary for a quiet read, a free internet connection, or a cooling center during a heatwave. However, as the nation’s housing shortage reaches a significant high, urban...
by Grace Thomas | Apr 2, 2026 | Featured, Housing
On the streets of Atlanta, corporate landlords have turned modest single-family rental houses into revenue streams. Families looking to buy find themselves competing against commercial behemoths, who snap up properties with all-cash offers and keep home ownership just...
by Lillian Syme | Apr 1, 2026 | Featured
Christine Gemperle always knew almond farming came with risks. There are a lot of overhead costs. Land, water, and labor are not easy to come by in California, nor are they cheap. Trees can take several years to reach full production and can’t be scaled back when...
