Jason Margolis
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Boston, MA, United States
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The Mississippi: Pushed to the brink
Up and down the Mississippi River, new pressures are being put on America’s inland hydro highway, which helps deliver US goods and commodities to the rest of the world and allows trade flows to return. The strain on the river system is only becoming more acute with the impacts of climate change. → Read More
Will the next wave of humanoid robots make our lives better — or steal our jobs?
Robots have replaced millions of American workers. As humanoid robots improve, will they work alongside people — or replace them? → Read More
This Australian airline invites you to ‘sit back and enjoy the world’s first zero-waste flight’
This spring, passengers on Qantas Airways flight in Australia were greeted in an unusual way: They were on board the world's first waste-free flight. → Read More
'Leaf peeping' is huge in New England. Will climate change alter tourism?
Each fall, millions of tourists come to New England to see the changing leaves. It's big business. But climate change is moving the calendar. → Read More
Abandoned and in decay, one of Detroit's iconic ruins is slowly being revived
Detroit is a city filled with ruins. Among the city’s most iconic ones is the Packard Plant. A Spanish developer in Peru has plans to revive it. → Read More
Economists to Trump: You’re dead wrong on tariff revenues
President Donald Trump said tariffs will reduce "large amounts" of the US's $21 trillion debt and reduce American taxes. Can tariffs do that? → Read More
A Pennsylvania steel town reinvents itself with a future beyond steel
Many one-industry towns have shriveled up and died in recent decades. But not Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. → Read More
As China gets tough on recycling, will America get cleaner?
China is refusing to take impure recycling and that's forcing communities, like Lynn, Massachusetts, to clean up their act. → Read More
Two South Dakota cattle ranchers, two opinions on NAFTA
US beef exports to Canada and Mexico are way up since NAFTA came into effect in 1994. But so are imports to the US. → Read More
The early impact of solar tariffs: Fewer American projects, fewer American jobs
Back in January, the Trump administration imposed tariffs of 30 percent on imported solar panels and modules. It was aimed at Chinese and Asian imports. → Read More
Is the e-bike revolution ready to come to America?
There’s a growing trend in cycling today: electric bicycles. We’re not talking about less powerful motorcycles. These are bikes that have small motors to give you a little extra thrust as you pedal. → Read More
Cape Cod restaurants brace for (another) tough summer without enough foreign workers
It's Groundhog Day on Cape Cod again. There's a shortage of summer workers, due at least in part to changes in the H-2B visa program, which allows American businesses to hire temporary, seasonal workers from overseas. → Read More
A small North Carolina city stakes its claim as the global capital of furniture buying
High Point, North Carolina: The home to the world's largest home furnishings show is drawing a lot of international visitors. → Read More
North Carolina’s fight to keep its foothold on furniture
For more than a century, North Carolina and southern Virginia were the furniture-making centers of America. Foreign competition from Asia has taken most of that work away over — 60 percent of the jobs have disappeared since 1990. But North Carolina isn’t going down without a fight. → Read More
The great catfish war rages on
We’ve been hearing a lot about tariffs and trade wars. To look at how trade disputes can escalate, look at a 17-year-old skirmish between the US and Vietnam, and their fight over catfish. → Read More
Is Alabama's football glory helping the university's international brand?
Alabama’s run of success has brought a lot of national attention to the university. Has it been able to leverage the team’s winning ways into success overseas? → Read More
How Alabama is becoming the auto capital of the South
Just 25 years ago, Alabama used to be a place for textiles. Now it's a place to build cars. → Read More
Braces from home: The next stage in global dental care?
As traditional business models continue to break down, entrepreneurs have their sights on one more area to disrupt: traditional orthodontics. → Read More
Engineers compete to detect methane leaks, a powerful climate pollutant
Leaks of methane from gas and oil wells are a major source of climate pollution but it's tough to detect the odorless and colorless gas. Now, a new competition is spurring inventors to come up with cheaper and more effective methane detectors. The World's Jason Margolis profiles two of the inventors. → Read More
Progressives in Congress side with Trump on trade
NAFTA has governed the rules of trade between the US, Mexico and Canada since 1994. Today, many progressives who dislike NAFTA say President Trump is giving them the best chance in a generation to rewrite the rules of trade. → Read More