A Silicon Valley Pot Deal
Cannabis entrepreneurs gather to pitch venture capitalists, "Shark Tank"-style, for a $10,000 prize. https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2018/04/a-silicon-valley-pot-deal/558281/?utm_source=feed
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'I Expected to Have a Day Job for the Rest of My Life'
How Philip Glass went from driving taxis to becoming one of the most celebrated composers of our time https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2018/04/philip-glass-taxi-driver-composer/558278/?utm_source=feed
The Post-Millennial Generation Is Here
… and they're working at the Museum of Ice Cream. https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2018/04/what-its-like-to-work-at-the-museum-of-ice-cream/558269/?utm_source=feed
What it's Like to Work at the Museum of Ice Cream
Sprinkle-pool parties, ice-cream names, and $15-an-hour wages. https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2018/04/what-its-like-to-work-at-the-museum-of-ice-cream/558269/?utm_source=feed
Beware of Selling Yoga Pants on Facebook
Is the social-media gig economy a form of entrepreneurship, fraud—or something else entirely? https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2018/04/multilevel-marketing-yoga-pants-facebook/558296/?utm_source=feed
Beware of Buying Yoga Pants on Facebook
Is the social-media gig economy a form of entrepreneurship, fraud—or something else entirely? https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2018/04/multilevel-marketing-yoga-pants-facebook/558296/?utm_source=feed
Disneyflix Is Coming. And Netflix Should Be Scared.
Will Disney destroy the movie theater? https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/05/disneyflix-netflix/556895/?utm_source=feed
Will Disney Destroy the Movie Theater?
In its quest to beat Netflix, it might have to. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/05/disneyflix-netflix/556895/?utm_source=feed
What Does a Workspace Built for Women Look Like?
There are more women than ever working in office buildings, but only a quarter of architects are female. Enter Alda Ly. https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2018/04/an-architect-for-the-feminist-moment/557516/?utm_source=feed
An Architect for the New Feminist Moment
There are more women than ever working in office buildings, but only a quarter of architects are female. Enter Alda Ly. https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2018/04/an-architect-for-the-feminist-moment/557516/?utm_source=feed
Paul Ryan’s Sad Legacy
Under Obama, he was hailed as the deficit-warrior of Washington. Under Trump, he oversaw the greatest peacetime growth in deficit spending in modern American history. https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/04/paul-ryans-sad-legacy/557774/?utm_source=feed
What Did You Do in the Trade War, Daddy?
There is a problem with China. But what the U.S. is doing to solve it won’t work. https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2018/04/us-china-trade-war/557573/?utm_source=feed
A House You Can Buy, But Never Own
African Americans in the same neighborhoods decimated by subprime lending are now being targeted with new predatory loan offerings, a lawsuit argues https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2018/04/rent-to-own-redlining/557588/?utm_source=feed
Walmart's Future Workforce: Robots and Freelancers
Walmart is raising wages, but its plans to use more gig labor and automation put workers at a disadvantage. https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2018/04/walmarts-future-workforce-robots-and-freelancers/557063/?utm_source=feed
“I Knew I Couldn’t Work Because of My Status”
How Cristina Jiménez went from doing under-the-table jobs to becoming a MacArthur Fellow and immigrants’ rights activist https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2018/04/i-knew-i-couldnt-work-because-of-my-status/557057/?utm_source=feed
Where Have All the Rioters Gone?
Good jobs in black communities have disappeared, evictions are the norm, and extreme poverty is rising. Cities should be exploding—but they aren’t. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/02/matthew-desmond-riots/552542/?utm_source=feed