| Oct 23, 2019 | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|HP SubfeaturedMy husband and I run an oil and vinegar shop in Minneapolis. We love helping customers brighten their meals, but another reason we started our business doesn’t fit neatly into marketing materials: We needed child care, and we couldn’t make it work any other way. Here...
| Jun 4, 2019 | Economy / Business|HP SubfeaturedWhere some of us see distressed neighborhoods — where families endure poverty and homes fall into disrepair — others see dollar signs. In fact, the Trump administration now brands them “opportunity zones,” offering tax breaks to investors who invest capital there....
| Mar 20, 2019 | Economy / Business|Rights / DemocracyTen years ago, my husband and I opened a specialty oil and vinegar shop. Early on, we learned that our store would be only as good as the people who work in it. To invest in our employees is to invest in our business. Now we employ five people. One of our most valued...
| Nov 20, 2018 | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured“Cyber Monday” is coming up — get out there and buy stuff! You don’t actually have to “get out there” anywhere, for this gimmicky shop-shop-shop day lures us to consume without leaving home, or even getting out of bed. Concocted by...
| | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyTwo years ago, I left a corporate job as a chemist and bought an artists’ studio and gallery in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. I’d just become a mother, and my corporate job was taking me away for some of my daughter’s most important milestones. I was meeting with clients...
