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08.21.2021

On our latest installment of our Hard Truths series, we look at how the process to get tenure at many universities in the U.S. is shutting out academics of color. Guests: Paul Harris, associate professor of education at Pennsylvania State ...

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08.21.2021 Hard Truths: What it takes to get tenure On our latest installment of our Hard Truths series, we look at how the process to get tenure at many universities in the U.S. is shutting out academics of color. Guests: Paul Harris, associate professor of education at Pennsylvania State ...
07.29.2021 Ibram X. Kendi on the history of unions With the pandemic, the way we think about work has changed. There is a newfound power of the employee, and with that has come more union organizing. Axios Re:Cap digs into what Bessemer means for unions, the history of unions ...
07.28.2021 Spotify CEO Daniel Ek on the future of podcasts Spotify is one of the biggest players in podcasts, and has been spending big on shows like The Joe Rogan Experience and Call Her Daddy. But the industry still very small compared to music and other types of media content. ...
07.27.2021 The international stories you missed this week From the military coup in Myanmar, to U.S. sanctions on Belarus, to violence in Venezuela. Axios Re:Cap talks with Axios' World Editor, Dave Lawler, and catches us up quick with what's going on around the globe. Learn more about your ...
07.26.2021 Our ever-changing “friendscapes” The way we make and maintain friendships has changed during the pandemic, and post-pandemic is a great time to let some go. Axios Re:Cap talks with author of Friends Forever, Suzanne Degges White, about why our friendships are changing and ...
07.23.2021 U.S. Commerce Sec. Gina Raimondo on the global chip shortage The world is suffering from a shortage of silicon chips, making it harder to make and buy everything from cars to home appliances. Axios Re:Cap talks with U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo about U.S. efforts to improve domestic manufacturing, why ...
07.22.2021 Virgin Galactic astronaut Sirisha Bandla talks science in space Space travel once unified Americans with the excitement of scientific discovery and wonderment. But the recent suborbital trips headlined by Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos have been much more divisive, with critics accusing the billionaires of taking pricey joyrides while ...
07.21.2021 Inside the arrest of Trump confidante Tom Barrack Tom Barrack, the billionaire real estate investor and close friend to former President Trump, was arrested yesterday on federal charges of acting as an unregistered foreign agent for the United Arab Emirates. It's a case that touches the highest levels ...
07.20.2021 Crypto's climate conflict Bitcoin is not environmentally friendly. It takes enormous amounts of electricity to mine and exchange cryptocurrencies..Dan digs into this conflict between climate and cryptocurrencies with Axios energy reporter Ben Geman and crypto investor Anthony Pompliano, to better understand the problem ...
07.19.2021 What comes next for DACA and Dreamers A federal judge in Texas last week blocked DACA, the Obama-era program that provides legal protections to undocumented immigrants who arrived in the U.S. as children. The ruling puts more than 600,000 Dreamers in a new state of legal limbo, ...
07.17.2021 Hard Truths: The fight on Mauna Kea On our latest installment of our Hard Truths series, we go inside the fight to build a $2.4 billion telescope on the highest mountaintop in Hawai'i. For astronomers it would mean the chance to answer deep questions about the universe. ...
07.08.2021 Aging Condo Buildings 'Ticking Time Bomb' Two weeks ago today, the Champlain Towers South condo building in Surfside, Florida collapsed. 54 people are confirmed to have died, while 86 remain missing. The collapse has begun to spark a broader conversation about aging condo buildings, which house ...
07.07.2021 China's Big Tech Crackdown The Chinese government is going after its own Big Tech companies, with new rules around cybersecurity and listing shares on foreign exchanges. It’s also banned many of them from app stores, including ride-hail giant DiDi, which last week went public ...
07.06.2021 The billionaire space race between Bezos and Branson Richard Branson is scheduled to blast off this Sunday on a suborbital space flight with his company Virgin Galactic, just days before Jeff Bezos plans to ride aboard a Blue Origin spaceship. But a lot more is riding on these ...
07.01.2021 America’s changing tastes with Beyond Meat CEO Ethan Brown Americans spend billions of dollars on July 4th food, but what we eat is changing as health and sustainability become bigger factors in our diet decisions. Axios Re:Cap goes deeper with Ethan Brown, founder and CEO of Beyond Meat, to ...
06.30.2021 Why the U.S. will fall short on its July 4th vaccine goal It’s almost certain that America won’t meet President Biden’s goal of having 70% of all American adults at least partially vaccinated by the Fourth of July. To understand why, it’s crucial to understand who hasn’t gotten vaccinated, where they are, ...
06.29.2021 America's Business Comeback: Startup creation in the pandemic Most small business stories from the pandemic are about about pivoting or perishing, but there's also been an unexpected surge in new small business creation. One example is Agua Bonita, a canned beverage company that launched last year after both ...
06.28.2021 The Pacific Northwest's extraordinary heat wave The Pacific Northwest is experiencing record-high temperatures due to a “heat dome” that should be a once every-few-thousand-year event — but which could occur more often and with more severity due to climate change. Dan digs in with Axios climate ...
06.25.2021 Understanding America’s pandemic-year birth rate plummet The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that there were 4% fewer U.S. births in 2020 than in 2019, an acceleration of a long, slow decline. The report keeps getting picked up in the news, in part because conventional ...
06.24.2021 Britney Spears speaks out on her conservatorship This week was the first time Britney Spears ever personally addressed the court — and in doing so, the public — about wanting to terminate the conservatorship, controlled by her father, that she has been under since 2008. But the ...
06.23.2021 Media's union moment Editorial staff of Washingtonian magazine chose to unionize today, the latest in a spate of media unionizations that is just part of a broader trend of post-pandemic tensions between employers and employees. Dan goes deeper with Jessica Sidman, a food ...
06.22.2021 Former CDC director Tom Frieden on the Delta variant The White House today acknowledged the U.S. is unlikely to reach President Biden’s goal of vaccinating 70% of Americans by July 4. But meeting this goal is particularly urgent in the face of the Delta variant of COVID-19, which is ...
06.21.2021 Iran's future under a new president Iran this past weekend elected a new president, Ebrahim Raisi, a hard-liner whose political rivals weren’t even allowed on the ballot — and who has been sanctioned by the U.S. for human rights abuses. Dan talks with Axios World editor ...
06.19.2021 The Hard Truth of the marijuana industry The latest episode of our Hard Truths series examining systemic racism in America takes a look at the multi-billion dollar marijuana industry. Today: the obstacles that two Black Latinas had to overcome when they chose to start their own businesses ...
06.18.2021 The economic consequences of slavery and discrimination Ahead of Juneteenth, now a federal holiday, we examine how America's economy remains marred by the legacies of slavery and racial discrimination. Dan is joined by McKinsey & Co.’s Shelley Stewart III and Michael Chui to discuss a new report ...
06.17.2021 Congress’s next Big Tech antitrust moves Last week, House lawmakers introduced a series of five bipartisan bills designed to curb the power of big tech, which seemed to target Apple, Amazon, Facebook and Google in all but name. Dan speaks with Rep. David Cicilline, chair of ...
06.16.2021 America's affordable housing crisis America didn't have enough affordable housing before the pandemic, and the problem has only gotten worse due to a frenzied housing market and a looming end to foreclosure and eviction moratoriums. Dan digs into what can be done to increase ...
06.15.2021 The pandemic’s mental health toll The COVID-19 pandemic shed light on and exacerbated the structural problems in the U.S. mental health care system — which often requires patients to seek out care and pay out of pocket for it. Demand for mental health services has ...
06.14.2021 Selling the first-ever NFT Sotheby’s last week auctioned off the first fine art NFT ever created, a landmark moment in the transformation of art from the physical to the digital. The winning bid was nearly $1.5 million. Axios Re:Cap goes deeper, to understand how ...
06.11.2021 WH official Juan Gonzalez on Kamala Harris' trip to address mass migration Vice President Kamala Harris this week went on her first foreign trip since taking office, visiting Guatemala and Mexico to address what she refers to as the root causes of mass migration, after the U.S. saw the largest number of ...
06.10.2021 Ransomware becomes an industry Federal authorities this week announced that they successfully traced and recovered most of the Bitcoin that had been paid by Colonial Pipeline to a ransomware gang called DarkSide, following last month’s hack that had shut off gasoline supplies to much ...
06.09.2021 New York City prepares to pick its next mayor This Saturday, Democrats in America’s largest city will be asked to begin picking their nominee for mayor, a person whose influence is certain to extend beyond the five boroughs. But the voting system is different than anything New York City ...
06.08.2021 Rep. Ro Khanna on the massive bill to compete with China Senate Democrats and Republicans today are expected to overwhelmingly pass a $247 billion spending package focused on competing with China on technology. Dan is joined by California Democrat Rep. Ro Khanna, who cosponsored this bill and who has been concerned ...
06.07.2021 America’s future in the hands of West Virginia’s senators West Virginia’s two Senators, Democrat Joe Manchin and Republican Shelley Moore Capito, each have disproportionate power to determine America's legislative future, including on voting rights and infrastructure. Dan digs into West Virginia’s moment at the center of America’s political world ...
06.04.2021 Jobs, jobs and (not enough?) jobs Today’s jobs report showed that the U.S. economy added 577,000 jobs in May, which was a very strong number but below what many had been expecting. Dan unpacks the report with Axios business reporters Courtenay Brown and Felix Salmon, who ...
06.03.2021 Inside America's housing boom with Zillow COO Jeremy Wacksman U.S. housing prices are soaring, due to a combination of ultra-low interest rates, sky-high lumber prices and a supply-and-demand imbalance brought on by the pandemic. But with the federal foreclosure moratorium just lifted, things could soon change. Dan speaks with ...
06.02.2021 America’s meat supply gets hacked For the second time in as many months, a major part of America’s infrastructure has been held for ransom by cybercriminals. This time is was a hack of JBS, the nation’s largest beef producer, which was forced to take its ...
06.01.2021 Inside the decision to allow worker vaccination requirements The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on Friday announced that U.S. employers are allowed under federal law to require that workers get coronavirus vaccinations. Dan goes deeper with Carol Miaskoff, the EEOC's acting legal counsel, to learn more about the new ...
05.29.2021 America's Business Comeback: SBA chief Isabel Guzman's recovery roadmap America’s small business community is recovering from the pandemic, but large swathes of it haven’t yet recovered. That was the message yesterday from U.S. Small Business Administrator Isabel Guzman, testifying in front of a House Financial Services subcommittee. Dan speaks ...
05.28.2021 America's Business Comeback: Startup creation in the pandemic Most small business stories from the pandemic are about about pivoting or perishing, but there's also been an unexpected surge in new small business creation. One example is Agua Bonita, a canned beverage company that launched last year after both ...
05.27.2021 America's Business Comeback: The pandemic challenges for immigrant entrepreneurs Buford Highway is a 10-mile stretch near Atlanta that's home to over 1,000 immigrant-owned small businesses. It's a constellation of home-away-from-homes, particularly for Asian and Latino communities. Dan speaks with Lily Pabian, executive director of the We Love Buford Highway ...
05.26.2021 America's Business Comeback: Steven Mnuchin on the PPP's creation, controversies and legacy As the U.S. economy was staring into the pandemic abyss in March 2020, Congress passed a $2.2 trillion stimulus package that included the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) to quickly get forgivable loans to small businesses, so they could keep workers ...
05.25.2021 America's Business Comeback: Black Girl Ventures' Shelly Bell on protests and progress George Floyd's murder, one year ago today, and the surge of support for Black own-small businesses that followed "had an unprecedented impact," according to Shelly Bell, CEO of Black Girl Ventures. Dan speaks with Bell in the second of its ...
05.24.2021 America's Business Comeback: A view from the shopping center Shopping centers are where national chains rub elbows with mom and pops. Dan kicks off a new special series on America's business recovery by speaking to JP Morgan Chase Institute Co-President Chris Wheat, shopping center landlord Adam Ifshin, plus several ...
05.22.2021 Hard Truths: Finding a job after prison We're back with another episode of our Hard Truths series looking at the criminal justice system in the U.S. Today. Specifically, what happens when people of color make it out of that system and try to rebuild their lives. People ...
05.21.2021 Movie theaters get ready for their rebound The pandemic has been a horror show for movie theaters. Some wondered if their time in the spotlight had passed for good, as new releases arrived via digital streaming services. Today, though, they've got lots of reasons for optimism.Axios Re:Cap ...
05.20.2021 Emma Lovewell on why the anti-Asian hate bill was needed President Biden on Thursday signed a bill aimed at reducing and tracking anti-Asian hate crimes, which have increased significantly in 2021. Axios Re:Cap digs into the legislation and why it matters with Emma Lovewell, a Peloton instructor and Asian-American who ...
05.19.2021 Donald Trump's legal troubles become criminal The New York Attorney General's office announced late Tuesday night that its investigation into The Trump Organization has expanded from a civil one into a criminal one. Axios Re:Cap goes deeper with David Fahrenthold, a Washington Post reporter whose beat ...
05.18.2021 The political ramifications of Israel’s actions Images out of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict depict an imbalance in military might — Israel’s Iron Dome defense system neutralizing rockets launched by Hamas, while Israel’s retaliation against Hamas has led to more than 200 Palestinian deaths, including 61 children. World ...
05.17.2021 The push to legalize psychedelics for mental health Clinical research treating mental illness with psychedelics has been ongoing for decades, but now there's a group of companies exclusively focused on using LSD and other psychedelics to treat mental health disorders. Dan digs into the argument for legalizing prescription ...

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Axios Re:Cap episodes:

Hard Truths: What it takes to get tenure

Ibram X. Kendi on the history of unions

Spotify CEO Daniel Ek on the future of podcasts

The international stories you missed this week

Our ever-changing “friendscapes”

U.S. Commerce Sec. Gina Raimondo on the global chip shortage

Virgin Galactic astronaut Sirisha Bandla talks science in space

Inside the arrest of Trump confidante Tom Barrack

Crypto's climate conflict

What comes next for DACA and Dreamers

Hard Truths: The fight on Mauna Kea

Aging Condo Buildings 'Ticking Time Bomb'

China's Big Tech Crackdown

The billionaire space race between Bezos and Branson

America’s changing tastes with Beyond Meat CEO Ethan Brown

Why the U.S. will fall short on its July 4th vaccine goal

America's Business Comeback: Startup creation in the pandemic

The Pacific Northwest's extraordinary heat wave

Understanding America’s pandemic-year birth rate plummet

Britney Spears speaks out on her conservatorship

Media's union moment

Former CDC director Tom Frieden on the Delta variant

Iran's future under a new president

The Hard Truth of the marijuana industry

The economic consequences of slavery and discrimination

Congress’s next Big Tech antitrust moves

America's affordable housing crisis

The pandemic’s mental health toll

Selling the first-ever NFT

WH official Juan Gonzalez on Kamala Harris' trip to address mass migration

Ransomware becomes an industry

New York City prepares to pick its next mayor

Rep. Ro Khanna on the massive bill to compete with China

America’s future in the hands of West Virginia’s senators

Jobs, jobs and (not enough?) jobs

Inside America's housing boom with Zillow COO Jeremy Wacksman

America’s meat supply gets hacked

Inside the decision to allow worker vaccination requirements

America's Business Comeback: SBA chief Isabel Guzman's recovery roadmap

America's Business Comeback: Startup creation in the pandemic

America's Business Comeback: The pandemic challenges for immigrant entrepreneurs

America's Business Comeback: Steven Mnuchin on the PPP's creation, controversies and legacy

America's Business Comeback: Black Girl Ventures' Shelly Bell on protests and progress

America's Business Comeback: A view from the shopping center

Hard Truths: Finding a job after prison

Movie theaters get ready for their rebound

Emma Lovewell on why the anti-Asian hate bill was needed

Donald Trump's legal troubles become criminal

The political ramifications of Israel’s actions

The push to legalize psychedelics for mental health

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