A real estate broker's maps recall the days when certain neighborhoods in the city were denied access to loans based on the demographics of the population.

• By Brentin Mock

How can a country that spends so much on its military be at such a disadvantage?

• By Jared Keller

Vezt trumpets itself as the savior of the struggling performer. But can the fledgeling start-up help artists get by? And can the company itself survive long enough to find out?

• By Jack Denton

At a rally on Wednesday, local politicians and activists excoriated Governor Andrew Cuomo for offering Amazon massive subsidies that could have gone to schools.

• By Jack Denton

A number of ballot initiatives dealing with environmental issues were rejected by voters across the country, but governors and representatives with conservation bonafides can still pick up the slack.

• By Garth Heutel

New research finds that people from communities that weren't close to a road were more skeptical about the prospect of a new one.

• By John C. Cannon

Three new books explore how and why our society is structured to make being a mother so hard.

• By Rebecca Stoner

Some real estate speculators are already putting bets on the fact that housing prices in the winning city will inflate fast.

• By Sarah Holder

Despite their reputation as strongly liberal organizations, the political donations of tech companies like Amazon and Google go both ways.

• By Alexa Lee

The rent and mortgage payments are still too damn high.

• By Dwyer Gunn

Polling is mixed on whether voters place much importance on the economy's performance.

• By Dwyer Gunn

Voters consistently rank health care as one of the most important issues in this election.

• By Dwyer Gunn

Marc Benioff, the chief executive of Salesforce, has pitted himself against Jack Dorsey, the chief executive of Twitter and Square, by spending millions of dollars to fund campaigns promoting the passage of a homelessness benefits initiative in the city.

• By Sarah Holder

A new NBER report finds that fringe perks hold greater appeal for white, college-educated workers, who are generally at a relative advantage in terms of wages.

• By Jared Keller

Unlicensed dispensaries have been popping up throughout Los Angeles at a rapid clip, and now dwarf their licensed counterparts in number.

• By Jack Denton

New research finds higher levels of philanthropy in ideologically homogeneous areas.

• By Tom Jacobs

In a new report, 73 percent of respondents said they stayed with an abusive partner because of economic reasons.

• By Natalie Pattillo

A new analysis finds that, between February of 2012 and July of 2018, a total of 1,367 cheetahs were offered on sale through 906 posts on social media.

• By Shreya Dasgupta

New research finds the ride-sharing service is more of a complement to public transportation than a substitute.

• By Tom Jacobs

There's more evidence that selfishness is self-defeating.

• By Tom Jacobs

While there are challenges facing the global system, when we look at international economic law there are several reasons to believe that it can, and will, endure.

• By Jeffrey Kucik

Over 8,000 beneficiaries lost coverage in the last two months.

• By Dwyer Gunn

NOlympics LA, an effort led by members of the Democratic Socialists of America, says the city's bid to host the Olympics in 2028 will ultimately damage and displace its most vulnerable populations.

• By Jack Denton

When defining an effective leader, traditionally feminine characteristics are considered secondary to attributes like assertiveness.

• By Tom Jacobs