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Welcome to a new week. Today鈥檚 five stories tackle solutions to the decline in local news, questions about Ukraine and the Biden family, the assumptions rooted in identity politics, adjusting aid to refugees鈥� changing needs 鈥� and how taking a different view of fellow summer travelers at a crowded Yellowstone changed the whole experience.

But first, a question: Is there a kinder, gentler聽capitalism to be had?

The Business Roundtable recently caused a stir by to 鈥渃ontinue to push for an economy that serves all Americans.鈥澛燘illionaire hedge-fund manager Ray Dalio has if there鈥檚 鈥渆qual opportunity for the American dream.鈥澛� In 鈥�,鈥� Binyamin Appelbaum writes,聽鈥淸the market revolution] has come at the expense of economic equality, of the health of liberal democracy.鈥�

So it鈥檚 worth taking note of those setting a compassionate example.

The CEO of Gravity Payments in Boise, Idaho, announced last week that starting pay would be increased $10,000, with further bumps to come 鈥� and cut his own pay to do it. Having done this once before, Dan Price says the move was difficult 鈥� but the payoff is employees who can save more or get out of debt.

Briton Julian Richer recently he would sell a majority stake in his company, Richer Sounds, to a trust owned by staff, who would also get a bonus. He 鈥渙rganisations that create a culture based on fairness, honesty and respect reap the rewards.鈥�

And then there鈥檚 Hampton University in Virginia. Setting a standard for future leaders, it just welcomed 46 undergraduates from the hurricane-devastated north campus of the University of the Bahamas. They鈥檒l attend for free 鈥� no small offer for a university to make. But as President William Harvey : 鈥淚 want you new Hamptonians to understand that giving of yourself to others is one of the greatest things you can bestow.鈥�