Weekend Listen: Where have all the diners gone? Examining Seattle’s “K-Shaped” economy ^63.1%

KUOW Public Radio - By Patricia Murphy - 4/18/2026, 12:00 PM

Biased Writer Voice 51.5% - Post Hoc (False Cause) 37.1% - Negativity Bias 36.1%

Today, we’re bringing you the best from another KUOW podcast, Booming… The middle class economy is quintessentially American. It’s a whole range of businesses that cropped up to serve the growing middle class after World War II. Think coffee and apple pie at your neighborhood diner. Or back-to- school shopping at Sears. more

The wobbly economy comes to Trump country ^0%

MS NOW - By Rosa Flores - 12/20/2025, 1:00 PM

LEXINGTON, Neb. — Barbara Cabrera compares the moment to a bomb exploding. Days before Thanksgiving, Tyson Foods announced that it would close its plant here, eliminating 3,200 jobs after the new year. In a town of 11,000, roughly a third of the population would soon be unemployed. Cabrera, 62, collapsed to the ground when she heard the... more