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Fed Chair Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference at the Federal Reserve in Washington, D.C., on July 26, 2023. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
United Auto Workers members attend a solidarity rally in Detroit at the start of the union's strike against Ford, General Motors and Stellantis on Sept. 15. The union is striking against all three automakers at once for the first time ever, but only at targeted plants for now, making it even harder to assess what the strike's economic effects will be. Bill Pugliano/Getty Images hide caption
Americans have capitalism on the brain — here's why. Frederic J Brown/AFP via Getty Images; Ozan Kose/AFP via Getty Images; Stephen Voss/Vox hide caption
UAW President Shawn Fain makes an appearance with striking workers at the Ford Assembly Plant in Wayne, Mich. on Sept. 15, 2023. The UAW started a strike at three plants of the Big Three in the Midwest. It's the first time the union is striking against the top three Detroit automakers at once. Matthew Hatcher/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
After a long lull since 2021, companies from Birkenstock to Instacart are pursuing IPOs. First up is Arm Holdings, a designer of chips, which is making its market debut on Thursday. Johannes Eisele/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Global Thermostat's pilot plant for direct air carbon capture, on April 4, 2023, in Brighton, Colorado. The company is also receiving funding from the U.S. Department of Energy to build a plant with 1,000 times the capacity of this demonstration plant. Hart Van Denburg/CPR News/Hart Van Denburg/CPR News hide caption
This photo taken on June 14, 2023 shows university graduates and youths attending a job fair in Yibin, in China's southwestern Sichuan province. Unemployment among Chinese youths jumped to a record 20.8 percent in May, the National Bureau of Statistics said on June 15, 2023, as the economy's post-Covid growth spurt fades. CNS/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
A car accident is cleared at an intersection without power in Charlotte, N.C., on Dec. 24, 2022. Auto insurance costs are soaring — well outpacing overall inflation. Logan Cyrus/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
President Biden tours a shipyard in Philadelphia with two union members on July 20 before giving remarks about unions and clean energy jobs. Susan Walsh/AP hide caption
Biden loves to talk about unions. But the autoworkers are withholding their affection
DURHAM, NC - MARCH 28: Union workers look on during a series of remarks by U.S. President Joe Biden during a visit to Wolfspeed, a semiconductor manufacturer, as he kicks off his Investing in America Tour on March 28, 2023 in Durham, North Carolina. Melissa Sue Gerrits/Getty Images hide caption
Syrian refugees take notes during their Vocational ESL class at the International Rescue Committee center in San Diego on August 31, 2016. Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
United Auto Workers members march while holding signs at a union rally held near a Stellantis factory Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023, in Detroit. Mike Householder/AP hide caption
April Simpkins, left, was her husband Joe's primary caregiver after he was first diagnosed with dementia in 2013. As the disease progressed, April moved Joe to a memory care facility in Nashville, Tenn. Joe Simpkins died in January 2020. (Photo: April Simpkins) April Simpkins hide caption
Actor Michelle Allaire owns the S&W Country Diner in Culver City. Mandalit del Barco/NPR hide caption
From snow globes to tutoring, strikes kick Hollywood side hustles into high gear
The Williamsport Regional Airport in Montoursville, Pa. Heather Ainsworth for The Washington Post/Getty Images hide caption