Highway Signs and Prison Labor

<p>A Trump executive order is giving retail investors more access to private markets. Is that a golden opportunity — or fool’s gold?</p><p> </p><ul><li><strong>SOURCES:</strong><ul><li><a href="https://law.duke.edu/fac/defontenay/">Elisabeth de Fontenay,</a> professor of law at D ... Show More

<p>Thoroughbred auction prices keep setting records. But tracks are closing, gambling revenues are falling, and the sport is increasingly reliant on subsidies. Is that the kind of long shot anybody wants? (Part three of a series, “<a href="https://freakonomics.com/the-horse-is-us ... Show More

<p>The world has changed a good bit since <i>Freakonomics</i> was first published. In this live anniversary episode, Stephen Dubner tells Geoff Bennett of <i>PBS NewsHour </i>everything he has learned since then. Happy birthday, <i>Freakonomics.</i></p><p> </p><ul><li><strong>SOU ... Show More

<p>It takes millions of giant green placards to make America navigable. Where do they come from — and who pays the bill? Zachary Crockett takes the exit. </p><p> </p><ul><li><strong>SOURCES:</strong><ul><li><a href="https://www.correctionenterprises.com/organization-staff-dps/">L ... Show More

In this episode we interview Brian Koehn, Co-founder, CEO, & Co-chair of the Board of of Social Profit Corrections (SPC)  Brian's shared passion for corrections reform and social justice prompted him to end his 28-year career in corrections and start SPC.  Through his tenure as w ... Show More

<p>In this urgent episode of <em>Working People</em>, we focus on the Trump-Musk administration's all-out assault on federal workers and its takeover and reordering of our entire system of government. "At least 20,000 federal workers have so far been fired by the Trump administra ... Show More

Mike Rowe is an Emmy award-winning TV host, producer, narrator, podcaster, spokesman, bestselling author, and advocate for the skilled trades. As the creator and host of DIRTY JOBS, he explored over 350 vocations across all 50 states, celebrating the grit and ingenuity of the Ame ... Show More

<p>Plus, a quiet crisis for America’s jurors. </p><p><strong>On Today’s Episode:</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/11/us/politics/trump-washington-dc-police.html" target="_blank"><strong>Trump Takes Control of D.C. Police, Citing ‘Bloodthirsty Criminals.’ Bu ... Show More

<p>Plus, “The Great Moose Migration.” </p><p><strong>On Today’s Episode: </strong></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/15/us/trump-abrego-garcia-deported-hearing.html" target="_blank"><strong>‘Nothing Has Been Done’: Judge Rebukes U.S. Effort to Return Wrongly Deported ... Show More

The U.S. immigration detention system is spread out across federal facilities, private prisons, state prisons, and county jails. It’s grown under both Democratic and Republican presidents. And it’s been offered up as a source of revenue for over a century, beginning with the firs ... Show More

The Trump administration's push to expand immigration enforcement -- as part of its deportation efforts -- has created job opportunities in small towns and cities.We head to one of them -- Folkston, Georgia, a community of about 2,800 residents..That number will soon swell as imm ... Show More

<div>On October 11th, 1923 deep in Tunnel 13 high in the Siskiyou mountains of Oregon, four men were killed in a train robbery gone wrong. The trio responsible had planned the crime and dreamed of stealing their way to a life of riches but made a series of fatal mistakes that wou ... Show More