Politics Progressives want a wealth tax for the super rich. Here's why it's hard to pull off Progressives are pushing for a wealth tax targeted at the ultra rich like Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk. However, as it turns out, taxing the richest people in the world is easier said than done. David Gura
Health How $6 billion from Elon Musk could feed millions on the brink of famine Elon Musk reportedly made $36 billion in a single day. What if he gave a sixth of that to the World Food Programme? We ask researchers how much of a change $6 billion could bring. Joanne Lu
Technology Elon Musk asked Twitter followers if he should sell Tesla shares. They said yes Tesla shares are falling after Elon Musk proposed to sell 10% of his shares in the company if his Twitter followers agreed. David Gura
The 1st All-Civilian Crew Is About To Orbit The Earth Marking the latest step in the commercialization of space, the SpaceX mission set to launch Wednesday will carry four civilians, including a billionaire CEO, a physician assistant and a geoscientist. Deepa Shivaram
Business Bitcoin Is Plunging. What To Know About The Wild Ride In Cryptocurrencies Weeks after setting a record high, the price for Bitcoin has fallen dramatically along with other cryptocurrencies over factors ranging from inflation to, yes, Elon Musk. David Gura
Business Never Mind: Elon Musk Says Tesla Won't Accept Bitcoin For Car Purchases Any More Tesla's CEO explained on Twitter that the reversal on accepting Bitcoin was prompted by concerns about the "rapidly increasing use of fossil fuels" to mine the cryptocurrency. Camila Domonoske
Technology From Elon Musk To AOC, Everybody Has A Tweet About GameStop Jon Stewart and Ted Cruz are among other high-profile people who took to Twitter to comment on the stock story gripping the country. Claire Miller
Technology There's Rich, And Then There's Jeff Bezos Rich: Meet The World's Centibillionaires The Amazon CEO and four other billionaires are part of the world's most exclusive club in the midst of the pandemic: those whose fortunes exceed $100 billion. Jim Zarroli
Business Elon Musk Passes Bill Gates To Become World's 2nd-Richest Person The soaring value of Tesla stock has sent Musk's net worth skyrocketing, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. The automaker's CEO has added more than $100 billion to his net worth in 2020. Camila Domonoske
Science 4 Astronauts Aboard SpaceX Crew Dragon Successfully Dock With Space Station Three NASA astronauts and one from Japan's space agency reached the ISS after a 27-hour flight following Sunday's liftoff from the Kennedy Space Center. Scott Neuman Russell Lewis
