For a while now, you've probably been hearing about book bans, how they're gaining momentum everywhere in Texas, in Missouri, Florida and Pennsylvania.
On the Code Switch podcast, we're taking a look at why, why are so many books suddenly considered so dangerous to kids?
Listen to our new series on the Code Switch podcast from NPR.
Last week, the Federal Trade Commission made a big announcement.
It was about non compete agreements, these agreements that prevent workers from leaving their jobs for competitors or to start new rival businesses.
The FTC said starting later this year, the vast majority of non compete agreements cannot be enforced anymore.
They will effectively be banned.
We reported an episode a few years ago about where non competes came from.
So we're going to play that episode now.
And later on, we will give you an update about when or if that new FTC ruling will go into effect.
This is Planet Money from NPR.
Back in the nineties, Jeff Hong's an ambitious software engineer living in Los Angeles, working for Microsoft, living the life.
His job was to find and work with Microsoft's latest clients.
So I would go off from place to place, helping people build fairly large systems.
So say the Disney stores need back end software or Citibank needed to improve their online banking.
Jeff would help them build, build those systems.
And then after a few years, I convinced my corporate masters that we should open an office in Hawaii.
Don't we all want to open offices in Hawaii?
But for Jeff, Hawaii is home.
I was born in Hawaii.