We used to be a nation of owners. Not anymore. In 1820, roughly 80 percent of Americans worked for themselves. Farmers, shopkeepers, and craftsmen—people owned what they built. Today, most of us work ...

Certain official proclamations in recent weeks have highlighted an unnerving shift in the federal government's relationship with America’s small businesses. This novel stance undermines the autonomy, ...

Americans are increasingly souring on big business and capitalism — but they're not turning to socialism quite yet. New polling from Gallup found that just 37% of Americans have a positive rating of ...

This column is a part of Republic of Distrust, a series about the loss of trust in American institutions and what can be done to restore it. For almost a century, the Boeing Co. was an icon of US ...

It was Super Bowl Sunday in 1984 when a roadside motel in Houston closed its doors to 87 immigrants who lacked documentation. Three businessmen chose to transform The Olympic Motel into a makeshift ...

The president used his State of the Union address to plug his economic record and announce a policy wish list that involves raising taxes on multinationals and the wealthy. By Andrew Ross Sorkin Ravi ...

In 2024, the Biden administration killed a proposed merger between Spirit Airlines and JetBlue. If the two companies were to join forces, declared then-attorney general Merrick Garland, it would ...

FARMINGTON, N.M. — The San Juan Basin, in the northwestern part of the state, is one of the oldest federal lands drilling areas in the U.S. It's a huge swath of barren, brown high desert that first ...

WEST SPRINGFIELD — The Big E and its sister events held at the Eastern States Exposition grounds generated $1.167 billion in economic activity last year. That translates into more than 8,000 jobs — ...

There are genres that have dominated the cineplex in recent years — special effects-heavy blockbusters, family films and scream-in-your-seat horror movies. But comedies? Not so much after the COVID-19 ...