NBA debacle is just the latest example of the Chinese Communist Party trying to influence what Americans say on sensitive issues.
This isn't a covert operation. It’s China using market power to bully American companies and orgs in broad daylight.
Students from Parkland, Florida are speaking directly to Washington. Read on
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-David Hogg to President Trump: "Are you kidding me? ... You sicken me."
-Cameron Kasky to Sen. Rubio: "Your job to protect us and our blood is on your hands."
Harvard says 20% (!) of its incoming freshmen are deferring. That seems to be the trend:
22% of college students across all four years are planning not to enroll this fall, per a new College Reaction/Axios poll
UPDATE: Cruz's office says he's no longer endorsing Roy Moore — “I am not able to urge the people of Alabama to support his candidacy so long as these allegations remain unrefuted."
The new working world ... Some CEOs are in denial, believing things will revert to normal. The data says: Fat chance, boss.
-People moved.
-They're demanding flexibility.
-They'll quit if you take flex away.
Peter Navarro is the most hardline protectionist in the White House. But in his 1984 book — which I found at the GWU library — he argues that tariffs will inevitably send the global economy into crisis.
Some "Mulan" scenes were filmed in Xinjiang amid cultural genocide against indigenous minorities.
In the credits, Disney thanks the Chinese Communist Party. Yet another glaring example of China's vise grip on American companies.
The economic impact of the coronavirus is about to get even worse:
The weather is getting colder, the days are getting shorter, and much of what made the last few months bearable is vanishing
Trump tweeted that his approval ratings are "around 50%, which is higher than Obama."
Fact check: RealClearPolitics' average places Trump's approval at 40.9%, significantly lower than Obama's approval (48.5%) at the same time during his presidency.
As the chasm between the richest and the rest widens, one entity is heavily profiting from the blight: the dollar store.
Today, there are about 30,000 dollar stores. And in many of America’s most distressed towns, they’re the only retail option.
After two years of assailing his predecessors for putting Chinese workers before Americans, President Trump today said he directing his administration to reverse the effective shutdown of ZTE in order to save Chinese jobs.
Job postings requiring employees to get vaccinated before applying are on the rise, and more and more firms say they'll terminate existing employees who refuse to get the shot.
The structural failings in American policing begin with the training that officers receive
There are more than 18,000 police departments in the U.S., but no federal standard on how their officers should be trained
The trends driving retail — speedy delivery, zero shipping fees and fast fashion — are harming the environment. And there's little incentive for big companies to consider their impact.
Work-wherever turns to work-whenever
Much of society — from after-school programs to the coveted time slots for TV shows — is structured around working from 9 to 5. But remote work demonstrated that hours don't matter as long as the work gets done.
Apple is cutting the cost of replacing the battery on most newer iPhones to $29 from $79 after facing backlash for deliberately slowing down old iPhones
63% of office workers surveyed across several countries like the hybrid working model, 20% want to work from home full time, and *just 12%* want to go back to the office five days a week, according to new data from Slack
MacKenzie Scott has given away a staggering $12 billion to charities in just 3 years — zooming past fellow billionaires in both dollar amount and percentage of net worth donated
Nationally, around 25% of workers have returned to offices.
-In Los Angeles, 32% have gone back, and in Dallas, 40%.
-But only 12% of New Yorkers have returned.
NBER: 43% of white students admitted to Harvard were recruited athletes, legacy, children of faculty or related to big donors
~75% of them “would have been rejected if they had been" considered w/o those factors
The Eras Tour's impact goes beyond just ticket and merch sales — fans are spending big on travel, lodging, fashion and food when they attend shows
Case in point: Houston says the Eras Tour rush was a bigger than that of the NCAA Final Four
Amazon — which is already squeezing other retailers with its cheaper, faster shipping — is going to start offering free 1-day shipping to Prime members.
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TikTok amassed 1 billion users faster than nearly ever other social media app in history. Here's what you need to know about its rise and its powerful algorithm
There was a 17% drop in international students in the U.S. last year, reports
@StefWKight
:
-28% decline in Indian students receiving visas
-24% decline in Chinese students receiving visas
The U.S. unemployment rate is at its lowest in several decades. But 53 million Americans work in low-wage jobs with median annual earnings of $18,000 — and many of those jobs are in the automation bullseye.
Today marks 2 years since my first day at
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, where I’ve met some of my best friends, worked with brilliant editors and been on HBO (!!!!!). THANK YOU
@JGreenDC
for bringing me on board.
NEW: Congress keeps accelerating its campaign against China, this time with a bipartisan bill from Rubio and Cortez-Masto that would uncover Chinese political influence operations
A whopping 40% of college students and recent graduates prefer fully in-person work, according to a new
@Generation_Lab
poll.
That's starkly different from the rest of the workforce: Just 12% of all office workers want to go back full time
In less than a year, the pandemic shot us more than a decade ahead in the workplace transformation.
We'll see lasting impacts on company culture, the job market, demographics and cities.
The crazy backed-up wedding industry: Venues are booked through 2022, and even into 2023, and florists, photographers and planners are working overtime.
Teacher shortage is squeezing America's schools: There were 575,000 fewer local and state education employees in October 2021 than in February 2020
Why? It pays more to work at McDonald's than substitute teach in this country
Nearly 30 million Americans are spending their 20s in the same place they spent their grade school years: at home with their parents.
"It is definitely not where I thought I’d be at this stage in my life.”
-The U.S. will see a shortage of up to 122,000 physicians by 2032
-There are 363 nurse practitioner job postings for every applicant and 53 registered nurse postings per applicant
-Parents (1/3 of U.S. workforce) are losing ~8 hours/day due to child care during the pandemic
-Even *before* the pandemic, inadequate child care was costing parents $37 billion/year in lost income and employers $13 billion/year in lost productivity
Today,
@AxiosVisuals
created 4 maps that are bad for rural America.
They're China's tariff targets:
Health care costs high:
Lots aren't getting tax cuts:
Deadly infectious diseases:
Amazon has beat out FedEx, UPS and the U.S. Postal Service to become its own biggest shipper, per Rakuten Intelligence analysis of millions of tracking numbers
The U.S. economy could take a $14 trillion to $28 trillion blow in the long run due to coronavirus-induced learning loss, according to economists' projections.
The longer the pandemic keeps kids out of classrooms, the higher that number will climb.
We have too much stuff (and the U.S. has some 50,000 storage facilities to hold it all). But more stuff often means more stress.
An idea to sleep on from
@axios
Finish Line:
The Chinese are offering up attractive infrastructure projects to the countries that need them most and following up with escalating demands for influence. The latest on Africa:
Asians tend to be among the best-educated and highest-earning immigrants to the U.S. But that image of privilege is true for only some Asians.
Immigrants from my country, Nepal, earn $25k on average, even though 57.5% of them have college degrees.
9 in 10 execs think camera-off employees won't last at the company
Among the reasons to turn your camera off in a zoom:
-zoom fatigue from two years of video meetings
-caring for your kids
-roommates in your background
there are many, many more
"If you are going to eat shit, don’t nibble." -
@bhorowitz
This applies to quitting something, apologizing, owning up, and firing someone,
@JimVandeHei
writes
Here’s what reopening universities this fall might look like:
-zoom lectures
-no parties
-no spectators at games
Bottom line: Most colleges can’t afford to delay the semester, but they’re running out of time to figure out how to safely bring students back
Nearly 10 million American kids live in low-opportunity neighborhoods, with limited access to good schools, parks and healthy food.
Why it matters: Simply being born in these pockets put these kids at a stark disadvantage.
Debut edition of Axios's newest project "Finish Line" is out! We'll bring you one big helpful, healthy news story to end your day.
also personal news ... I somehow scored a nightly byline with
@mikeallen
and
@JimVandeHei
Check out our first lead story:
Yesterday, before Trump directed his advisers to take a fresh look at TPP, a top Japanese official told Axios: "We would welcome the U.S. anytime back to TPP."
2 winners of the COVID holiday season:
•Small turkeys: There's a shortage of 8 to 16-pound birds as people prepare for smaller dinners
•Thai restaurants: They are operating at 45% of their normal capacity, compared with the industry average of 35%.
We’re witnessing the rise of a new superpower: China’s sphere of influence and economic clout keeps growing, and Trump’s tariffs may be the last time the U.S. gets to write the rules of engagement.
Infections are rising in 83% of U.S. counties
Crowley County, Colorado, and Lee County, Kentucky, had the first and third highest caseloads per 100,000 people this week. Both were the site of prison-based outbreaks
Amazon is ahead in the race to turn houses into data-sucking machines
The incredible pipeline: Amazon has deals with homebuilders and real estate firms, helping it fill tons of homes with “smart” everything
Latinos will be 1/4 of the U.S. population by 2050, and firms profit off of Latino consumers, but they're absent from Corporate America's big decision-making positions
Despite accounting for 18% of the labor force, Latinos occupy just 4% of exec roles
Amazon already has its own fleet of trucks and planes for some deliveries. With its data stash, it could soon get smart enough to eat the big shippers' lunch.
Parents are continuing to juggle child care and jobs. With no solution, that could cost the economy $700 billion in lost revenue and productivity — 3.5% of GDP
Rude, red awakening: China’s theft of U.S. tech is hard to stop unless there’s coherent pressure from the West. Beijing isn’t feeling that yet from Trump.
Shared my dad
@rudrarajpandey
’s inspiring American Dream story in today’s Axios Finish Line
He paid for his PhD w overnight shifts at this parking lot in Boston. Put his resume on the hoods of cars he parked until someone gave him a better job
“I can't walk around and kneel next to a student to see how they're doing, That's where the teaching and learning magic happens, but now it's all going to be antiseptic. And it's gotta be."
All sorts of hurdles — like getting to work if you’re in a wheelchair or adjusting to office environments if you’re a person with autism — are eliminated by remote work. This new future could be a more inclusive one for all Americans.