Cara Smith

3 weeks ago | salon.com | Cara Smith

Haven’t you heard? Everyone's trying to quit Amazon. Or, perhaps, this is just how it feels to me. Because I’m not talking about the company’s workers, 73% of which are thinking about leaving their jobs. I’m talking about a fairly diverse cross-section of American shoppers — those living all around the country, in major metros like Houston, Nashville and Austin; in more walkable urban cities like New York and Chicago; and in small cities and towns like Tempe, Arizona and Hereford, Texas.

3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Cara Smith

Haven’t you heard? Everyone's trying to quit Amazon. Or, perhaps, this is just how it feels to me. Because I’m not talking about the company’s workers, 73% of which are thinking about leaving their jobs. I’m talking about a fairly diverse cross-section of American shoppers — those living all around the country, in major metros like Houston, Nashville and Austin; in more walkable urban cities like New York and Chicago; and in small cities and towns like Tempe, Arizona and Hereford, Texas.

3 weeks ago | salon.com | Cara Smith

The bankruptcy of personal genomics company 23andMe is a headline that has broken past the well-heeled haze of the business world — given, of course, its existential implications for millions of Americans’ genetic information. The company, founded in San Francisco 2006, and having served 15 million individuals to-date, is one of a handful of genetic testing businesses whose customers mail in a cotton swab of their saliva.

1 month ago | salon.com | Cara Smith

On April 2, a month-long reprieve that U.S. automakers were given from a 25% tariff on Canadian and Mexican imports is set to expire. That means car prices are expected to rise dramatically, given that they’ll also be impacted by President Trump’s 25% tariff on steel and aluminum, which went into effect last week. The steel and aluminum tariffs alone are “going to have a profound effect on the prices of vehicles,” Joe Giranda, director of sales and marketing for CFR Classic, told Salon.

1 month ago | salon.com | Cara Smith

One moment, everything’s fine. The next, boom. There it is, sprouted from the ground. Maybe it appears on an empty lot in the neighborhood, or on the razed site of a treasured eatery that just closed its doors after 30 years.