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South Dakota has become a haven for an estimated $360 billion for the wealthy, according to the leaked financial documents in the Pandora Papers. Even though it’s one of the least populated states in the U.S., it now ranks as one of the top tax haven jurisdictions.

Axios Re:Cap talks with Axios’ chief financial correspondent Felix Salmon, who’s been reporting on what the Pandora Papers revealed about South Dakota.

Washington D.C. is piloting a first-of-its-kind program that offers one-year leases to unhoused residents in the city. It could offer a solution for the more than half a million people experiencing homelessness in this community.

• Plus, how South Dakota became a tax haven.
• And, a game-changing new malaria vaccine.

Guests: Axios' Chelsea Cirruzzo, Felix Salmon and Bryan Walsh.

Credits: Axios Today is produced in partnership with Pushkin Industries. The team includes Niala Boodhoo, Sara Kehaulani Goo, Dan Bobkoff, Alexandra Botti, Nuria Marquez Martinez, Sabeena Singhani, Lydia McMullen-Laird, David Toledo, Michael Hanf, and Alex Sugiura. Music is composed by Evan Viola. You can reach us at [email protected]. You can text questions, comments and story ideas to Niala as a text or voice memo to 202-918-4893.

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• No-tent zone resistance grows as city moves forward
• How South Dakota became a global tax haven
• The malaria vaccine could be a game-changer for global development

Energy prices are going up around the world as extreme weather becomes the norm and more people are on the move after long stretches of pandemic lockdown.

China and India are facing an electricity crisis, while prices for oil and natural gas roughly doubled over the past year. In the U.S., gas prices are going up by 50%.

Axios Re:Cap talks with Axios’ business editor Kate Marino who’s been reporting on the energy prices.

The price of gasoline at U.S. pumps is up by about 50% in the last year, as energy prices climb around the world. Axios’ Kate Marino says it could affect our post-pandemic economic recovery.

• Plus, Latina entrepreneurs show resilience despite the pandemic.
• And, manatees are dying in droves off the Florida coast.

Guests: Axios' Kate Marino and Ben Montgomery, and Telemundo's Marina Franco.

Credits: Axios Today is produced in partnership with Pushkin Industries. The team includes Niala Boodhoo, Sara Kehaulani Goo, Dan Bobkoff, Alexandra Botti, Nuria Marquez Martinez, Sabeena Singhani, Lydia McMullen-Laird, David Toledo, Michael Hanf, and Alex Sugiura. Music is composed by Evan Viola. You can reach us at [email protected]. You can text questions, comments and story ideas to Niala as a text or voice memo to 202-918-4893.

Go deeper:

• What's behind the rising energy prices
• Poll: Latinas more likely to open their own businesses, despite pandemic setbacks
• Why Florida's massive seagrass loss is so devastating