Save the Music, the nonprofit foundation that gained prominence on cable television from the late 1990s through the 2000s, is going independent. On Wednesday, the foundation announced that Paramount Global is ending its financial support for the nearly 30-year-old program, which has long championed music education in public schools. As a result, Save the Music…

Workers at a Whole Foods store in Pennsylvania voted on Monday to unionize, marking the first union to be formed within the organic grocery chain owned by Amazon. A majority of employees at the flagship store in Philadelphia’s Center City neighborhood chose to join a local chapter of the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW),…

Kia America is recalling over 80,000 vehicles due to potential damage to the floor wiring located beneath the front passenger seat, which could interfere with the proper deployment of airbags and seat belts. According to documents submitted to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, damaged wiring could also lead to the unintended deployment of the…

Madia Bellebuono, a University of Vermont graduate, spends her days at a Boston coffee shop scrolling through LinkedIn job postings. Since receiving her degree in strategic marketing and public communications in May 2024, she has submitted over 300 job applications. Despite having two internships, a solid GPA, and the weight of student loans hanging over…

Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency has identified a new cost-cutting target: the US penny. DOGE posted on X that producing a single penny costs more than three cents, leading to an expense of over $179 million for US taxpayers in the 2023 fiscal year. “The Mint produced over 4.5 billion pennies in FY2023, representing…

For any corporate executives speculating about what the next four years might entail, a revealing moment at Davos this week should provide insight into the business landscape under Trump 2.0. President Donald Trump’s keynote address—delivered via video conference from Washington—naturally drew a large audience. However, according to Lauren Hirsch of The New York Times, it…

Most Americans support the Trump-era tax cuts, but Congress now faces the difficult task of deciding what taxpayers might have to sacrifice in order to maintain them. The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, championed by then-President Donald Trump, delivered significant tax reductions, particularly for corporations and high-income earners. However, many of these cuts…

Home sales in 2024 dropped to their lowest level in nearly three decades as high mortgage rates and high property prices discouraged both buyers and sellers from participating in the housing market. Americans sold just 4.06 million previously-owned homes throughout the year, marking the lowest annual total since 1995, according to data released Friday by…

Costco shareholders overwhelmingly rejected a proposal from a conservative think tank urging the company to assess the business risks associated with its diversity initiatives. According to preliminary results shared by Costco Chairman Hamilton “Tony” James, more than 98% of the shares voted against the proposal. James, along with other board members, had recommended that shareholders…

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday night aimed at advancing government regulation of cryptocurrency, with the goal of positioning the U.S. as the “crypto capital of the planet.” The order creates a cryptocurrency working group to propose new regulations for digital assets and explore the creation of a national cryptocurrency stockpile. This…