Group 1 Automotive rebranded Sterling McCall Honda as Group 1 Honda Kingwood on May 4, 2026, marking the latest step in the Houston-based dealership chain's push to standardize its name across hundreds of locations nationwide. The Kingwood dealership, located at 22575 US Highway 59, continues to serve the northeast Houston corridor—including Kingwood, Humble, Atascocita, and […]
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Group 1 Automotive Rebrands Fort Bend Toyota Dealership
Group 1 Automotive rebranded its Fort Bend Toyota dealership in October, formally bringing Sterling McCall Toyota Fort Bend under the unified Group 1 name. The rebranding took effect Oct. 8, 2025, at the Richmond location on Southwest Freeway. According to Martin Morcho, general manager of Group 1 Toyota Fort Bend, the operational shift has been […]
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China’s SpaceSail poses challenge to Starlink’s satellite internet dominance
A Chinese state-backed satellite internet company is building infrastructure that could reshape global telecommunications and challenge one of Elon Musk's most valuable ventures. The company, officially known as the SpaceSail Constellation and backed by Shanghai Spacecom Satellite Technology, represents a case study in how government capital and strategic positioning can muscle into markets dominated by […]
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Record corporate profits come with deteriorating service for U.S. consumers
Corporate profits after tax have nearly doubled since 2012, reaching $3.9 trillion in the first quarter of 2026 — levels unseen since World War II. As a percentage of GDP, they hit 15.8% in the fourth quarter of 2025. Meanwhile, employee compensation has cratered to less than 10% of GDP, the widest gap on record. […]
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Alan Greenspan’s Legacy: Ideology Over Evidence
Alan Greenspan, the longtime Federal Reserve chairman who died last week at 100, has been portrayed in many obituaries as a tragic figure—a brilliant man undone by ideology. But the record suggests something more deliberate: a systematic dismantling of financial safeguards pursued with full knowledge of the risks. Greenspan ran the Federal Reserve for 18 […]
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Should I raid my 401(k) to pay mother’s $30,000 credit-card debt?
A reader is wrestling with whether to tap their retirement savings to help their retired mother pay off credit-card debt. "I want her to live on her Social Security instead of using it to pay off her credit-card debt," the reader wrote. The dilemma highlights a common family financial problem: adult children trying to help […]
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Permanent temporary status creates instability for refugees and communities
The Supreme Court's decision in Mullin v. Doe has reopened questions about who deserves protection in America and under what conditions the nation is willing to extend it. When the Trump administration moved to strip Temporary Protective Status from Haitian and Syrian nationals — hundreds of thousands of people who have built lives, started families […]
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Fetterman criticizes Mamdani’s vow to defy Supreme Court immigration ruling
Sen. John Fetterman is challenging New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani's public defiance of Supreme Court immigration rulings, saying it creates a constitutional crisis and questioning why Democratic leaders aren't condemning the stance. Mamdani responded to recent Supreme Court decisions on asylum and temporary protected status by declaring his administration would not accept or implement […]
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33 rescued from Venezuelan earthquake rubble as survival window closes
Thirty-three people have been pulled alive from the wreckage of Venezuela's twin earthquakes over the weekend—a fragment of hope in a humanitarian catastrophe that has left official death tolls at 1,430 and spawned competing counts of the missing that range from hundreds to nearly 70,000. The discrepancy in missing-persons numbers itself tells a revealing story. […]
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Workplace ‘Rust-Out’ Is a Symptom of Deeper Structural Problems
An accounts payable specialist has been processing invoices for a decade. She arrives at 8 a.m., reconciles expense accounts, matches documents, makes calls to suppliers—and leaves at 4 p.m. satisfied. She's not complaining. She's not looking for a promotion. By all accounts, she's content. Yet by the logic of a new workplace trend, she should […]