Bill Gates – “We need to bring this pandemic to a close”

The world could use some big breakthroughs—a vaccine to combat coronavirus and innovations to mitigate climate change among them. The Microsoft Corp. co-founder speaks with Bloomberg’s Erik Schatzker about his passion for both, the nightmare that is misinformation, and the difference between Elon Musk and Steve Jobs.

It's Not Nice to Vote Twice

A combination of glitchy tech and human error in Georgia doesn’t bode well for November

This Railroad Doesn't Need a Buyout to Thrive

Even in the midst of a crisis, railroads don’t come cheap.

Trump Needs More Carrot

Candidate Trump did something President Trump seems unwilling to: Offer voters a better deal

Employees fear Mark Zuckerberg's commitment to free speech is more about protecting the president than his company's ideals

In late 2019, during one of Mark Zuckerberg’s many trips to Washington to defend Facebook in front of Congress, he stopped for a private dinner with Donald Trump and offered the president a titillating statistic. “I’d like to congratulate you,” Zuckerberg said. “You’re No. 1 on Facebook.”

The Upside of Online Learning

Recorded classes are one feature of virtual education that students came to love

The Specter of Hunger in Nigeria

Farmers are fleeing their lands just when the African nation needs them most

From Hot To Not

Vacancies in once-sought-after neighborhoods may herald a rent reset

Abridge, Pennsylvania: The Color Of the Rust Belt

This struggling steel town was a blue dot in a red county in 2016. What hue will it turn this year?

A To-Do List

Whatever happens in the election, America must overhaul its government. Here’s how President Bill Lincoln—the fusion of two giants of the 19th century—would approach reform

MONTANA: Where Politics Is Still Local

Within a generation the U.S. Senate has become a virtual mirror of the Electoral College— except in Montana, where a popular Democratic governor just might swing control of the chamber

Vote-by-Mail Is the Easy Part

What comes after the election could be wrenching for the USPS

MARICOPA COUNTY, ARIZONA: How the Republicans Are Losing Suburbia

This bellwether is pointing away from the GOP

America's Vanishing Trust Fund

Social Security hits its peak this year. To replenish, it may need to take out loans

The Big Business Of Nothing

Blank check IPOs raise cash for corporations with no operations— just a plan to buy another company

SHUTUP AND WORK

Employees say the biggest names in U.S. business have banned them from alerting others to Covid-19 outbreaks. That’s going to get people killed

Second-Class E-Citizens

Making games is sexy—unless you’re one of the permatemps doing much of the work

Pro E-Gamers Hit the Gym

As the stakes get higher, teams are becoming more serious about mental and physical health

Can Direct-to-Door Slushees Beat Amazon?

Covid pushed convenience stores online. But delivery costs and new rivals could hit profits

Narcotics Crisis

The cartels make heroin and methamphetamine using chemicals produced in Mexico by U.S. companies, and then send the drugs to America

FUTURE'S SO BRIGHT

After a season like no other, Virgil Abloh remains fashion’s resident optimist By Kim Bhasin and Annmarie Hordern Photograph by Nolis Anderson

Boom Times in a Troubled Neighborhood

The video game industry has prospered in the pandemic. The fun comes at a cost

A Dangerous Dance For Microsoft

Buying TikTok would give the software giant a lift with consumers but risks unwelcome scrutiny

The AntiAnti-Vaxxers

Web-savvy doctors like Zubin Damania (aka ZDoggMD) are fighting vaccine pseudoscience, one viral clip at a time

The Real Vaccine Billionaires of Maharashtra

An Indian racehorse dynasty may be the world’s best hope for producing enough vaccine to end the pandemic

When Worst Gets Worse

The blast in Beirut laid bare the wreckage from decades of sectarian politics

Vaccine Nationalism

The world’s governments are vying to secure doses before their peers can. It’s already getting ugly

The Streaming Wars Come to Real Estate

Studio lots are a hot property as Blackstone starts to write big checks

Chevron Keeps It Old-School

As rivals go green, it’s sticking with fossil fuels

QAnon Crashes The Internet Party

Is it too late to keep the amorphous online conspiracy movement from breaking into the mainstream?