Commuting Past Fast Food Restaurants Is Linked to Obesity, According to New Research
A new study suggests that passing the Golden Arches on your way to or from work can be destructive to your diet.
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Viewfinder: Beyond Meat’s Stock Price Surges 475 Percent Since IPO
The company's plant-based burger is now served at a number of fast food chains.
Burger King Introduces the Meatless ‘Impossible Whopper’
Burger King is testing the vegetarian addition to its menu in response to rising consumer demand for meat alternatives.
The Global Uprising Against Poverty Wages
Historian Annelise Orleck traveled to Mexico, Cambodia, and Bangladesh, plus all across America, to interview low-wage workers fighting for better conditions and pay.
Fewer Fast Food Outlets Does Not Mean Thinner People
Evidence points to a failed attempt at social engineering.
Is the Chipotle Narrative Coming to an End?
What the company can learn from its recent E. coli outbreak.
The Future of Work: Making Service Work Pay
The latest entry in a special project in which business and labor leaders, social scientists, technology visionaries, activists, and journalists weigh in on the most consequential changes in the workplace.
How Americans’ Views of McDonald’s Changed Over the Years
Researchers have long documented problems with McDonald's, but it wasn't until they began showing how the restaurants aimed at children and made people overweight that the American public paid attention.
Is It Time to Swap That Energy Bar for a Big Mac?
A new study finds that eating fast food after a workout is just as good for you as a PowerBar.