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People wearing face masks look for products at a supermarket, as the country is hit by an outbreak of the new coronavirus, in Beijing, Feb. 19, 2020.

Airbnb hosts try to navigate coronavirus challenges  

COVID-19

Some sharing platform companies, like Airbnb, Lyft and Uber, are urging users and hosts to take cautionary measures to avoid the virus and its spread. But that has left a lot of open questions, and the platforms’ users are increasingly navigating a complex, public health crisis on their own. 

A woman stands on the porch of a house

Is Airbnb’s no-profit return to the West Bank ‘whitewashing’ human rights violations?

Conflict & Justice
A woman is shown talking on the phone next to a red wall and a large sculpture of the Airbnb logo at the company's headquarters in San Francisco, California.

Airbnb to remove listings in Israel’s West Bank settlements

Business, Economics and Jobs
A migrant boy guards his parents' suitcase, as the family waits all day to apply for asylum in Berlin.

Not like Airbnb: Germans open their doors and their wallets to share apartments with immigrants

Justice
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How the ‘sharing economy’ could upend capitalism

Economics

The rise of the collaborative consumption economy

Business, Economics and Jobs

Humans have always shared, but a new group of online companies are helping make it easier for people to offer up their homes and cars for short term rentals.