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INC. is Calling all women founders who kicked butt in a tough year

If you’re an inspiring, creative, tenacious, trailblazing role model in entrepreneurship, we want to celebrate all that you’ve accomplished.

Retail workers are quitting at record rates for higher-paying work: ‘My life isn’t worth a dead-end job’

Some 649,000 employees gave notice in April, the sector’s largest one-month exodus in over 20 years, a reflection of pandemic-era strains and a strengthening job market

National park visitors surge as Covid-19 pandemic restrictions wane

Last month, Yellowstone National Park saw the most visitors it has ever recorded for the month of May — with more than 483,100 people stopping by, according to a Friday news release from the park.

The economy isn’t going back to February 2020. Fundamental shifts have occurred.

A new era has arrived of greater worker power, higher housing costs and very different ways of doing business

Here’s What Plunging Lumber Prices Tell Us About Inflation

The price of lumber has fallen more than 40% since its peak in May and other commodities have followed suit, suggesting that some of the price surges that have alarmed lawmakers and investors this spring may fade with time as the economy returns to normalcy.

How Megaproviders Keep Health Care Costs High

We’re overlooking the most pervasive cause of our costly and underperforming system: megaproviders, the expansive health care organizations they say have become the face of American medicine.

USA Today – Electricity transformed rural America nearly a century ago. Now, millions of people on farms and in small towns desperately need broadband.

The true scope of the broadband access problem is unknown because federal data is widely known to underestimate coverage gaps.

The Next Great Disruption Is Hybrid Work– Are We Ready?

Our research shows that 41 percent of the global workforce is likely to consider leaving their current employer within the next year, with 46 percent planning to make a major pivot or career transition

USDA Launches Grant Program to Help Expand Regional Economies and Create High-Wage Jobs in Distressed Rural Communities

Rural Innovation Stronger Economy (RISE) is intended to help rural communities identify and maximize local assets and connect to networks and industry clusters within their region. The new grant encourages a regional, innovation-driven approach to economic development.