Alana Semuels

Shoddily made lithium-ion batteries can cause serious injury and even death. How do they keep ending up in consumers’ hands?

In 1966, a group of Boston-area parents and administrators created a busing program called METCO to help desegregate schools. They thought of it as a quick fix to a passing problem. But the problem hasn’t passed, and METCO isn’t enough to fix it.

The surprisingly short life of new electronic devices

Americans are consuming more and more stuff. Now that other countries won’t take our papers and plastics, they’re ending up in the trash.  

With help from the federal government, institutional investors became major players in the rental market. They promised to return profits to their investors and convenience to their tenants. Investors are happy. Tenants are not.

The Amazon founder is at war with a tabloid.

We shop online for almost everything. Why not food?

How renewed interest in downtown living is threatening neighborhoods that long provided a first stop for new immigrants

Parents know that football comes with a risk of brain damage. But many black families feel that the sport is still the best option for their kids.

A growing number of self-proclaimed experts promise they can teach anyone how to make a passive income selling cheap Chinese goods in the internet's largest store. Not everyone’s getting rich quick.