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I Scrapped a 600,000 Sq. Ft. Investment for My Business Due to Tariffs

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Rick Woldenberg, CEO of Learning Resources, an educational toy company based in Illinois. He is petitioning the Supreme Court to hear his lawsuit against Trump’s tariffs. This essay has been edited for length and clarity.I was in the middle of a…

New York City Lost Population Due to High Cost of Living

In 2021, Taylor and Tatum Barnes decided to leave New York City.The couple paid $160,000 for a one-bedroom fixer-upper in the small town of Pomfret, Vermont; their mortgage payment is half of what they spent on rent for a studio apartment in Brooklyn. They felt the property, which came with…

US Brands Like Coke and Jim Beam See Backlash Abroad Due to Tariffs

For some people abroad, a Jim Beam and Coke isn’t going down as easily as it once did.Companies that make some of the biggest American brands have noted different degrees of pain as some consumers overseas avoid their products in protest of President Donald Trump’s trade war.Globally, consumers are less…