The Brutalist Report

Quartz

• What happens to our state rankings when taxes count double [29d]
• Kansas ran the experiment. Nobody agreed on the result. [29d]
• What happens to state economic rankings when taxes stop counting as a cost [29d]
• The 5 U.S. states with the best economies in 2026 — and the 5 worst [29d]
• How we built our ranking of state economies — including the parts that didn't work [29d]
• American Airlines will stop bumping passengers off oversold flights [29d]
• We ranked all 50 state economies from best to worst — then had 6 AI economists argue about it [29d]
• 10 nations where the workweek never seems to end [29d]
• From Luxembourg to Denmark: the world's richest economies per capita [29d]
• From Finland to Italy: the world's biggest coffee drinkers [29d]
• Oil, reform and exports: the world's fastest-growing economies in 2026 [29d]
• Where the world's oldest populations live, from Monaco to Japan [29d]
• U.S. jobless claims stayed near 57-year lows for a fourth straight week, but hiring remains weak [29d]
• Trump administration bars Microsoft from green card program, citing H-1B visa abuse [29d]
• Atlanta Fed links Gen Z birth rate drop to financial costs of raising children [29d]
• Treasury is sanctioning 17 tankers tied to Iran's shadow fleet oil network [29d]
• Weight loss drugs are easing back and knee pain, but doctors warn of bone risks [29d]
• Disney is pitching rival studios on its large-screen format to take on IMAX [29d]
• Starbucks has explored a takeover bid for Chipotle, report says [29d]
• 10 U.S. states where adult obesity rates run lowest [29d]
• 10 states where Americans are most sleep-deprived [29d]
• The U.S. states with the best access to exercise [29d]
• The U.S. states with the highest flu vaccination rates [29d]
• Where Americans live longest, county by county [29d]
• 10 U.S. cities that rank lowest on America's fitness index [29d]
• The states with the most physically active adults, per the CDC [29d]
• What's killing Americans: 10 leading causes of death, per the CDC [29d]
• How AI is being used to both attack and defend against hackers in 2026 — according to a new WEF report [29d]
• The U.S. states with the highest life expectancy, per CDC [29d]
• Anthropic is updating its usage policy to ban abusive behavior toward Claude [29d]
• 20 best places to visit in Europe in 2026, according to Lonely Planet [29d]
• Anthropic is cutting prices on its smallest AI model by up to 90% [29d]
• China's bond yields are falling as they surge everywhere else [29d]
• Viatris is buying Pacira BioSciences for $1.65 billion in non-opioid pain push [29d]
• OpenAI says its annualized revenue is $50 billion, not $68 billion [29d]
• Waymo closed a $5 billion term loan, its first debt financing [29d]
• Apple has confirmed a smart home event in New York on Oct. 13 [29d]
• Taco Bell and Milk Bar are launching a Birthday Cake Empanada [29d]
• Apple is naming a new M&A chief as Ternus reshapes the executive team [29d]
• American Airlines plans to bring Starlink Wi-Fi to its entire mainline fleet [29d]
• Goldman Sachs executives are set to collect more than $500 million in special bonuses [29d]
• U.S. is suspending Microsoft and Adobe from the green card program over alleged fraud [29d]
• Chipotle stock jumps after report that Starbucks explored a takeover [29d]
• FTC is investigating Block over frozen Square and Cash App accounts [29d]