I’ve been teach college students for decades. Most of them can no longer finish a book
I have spent two decades teaching humanities and social sciences at Amherst College, and my classes have always been built...
The millennial generation is split in 2: an older crowd with boomer-style comfort, a younger set going ‘back to the early 1900s’
Millennials were supposed to be one generation with one story — priced out, saddled with debt, perpetually behind. Jessica Lautz,...
Gambling becomes America’s favorite pastime as Americans spend more on sports bets than movies, arts, museums, and music combined
In 2025, Americans placed roughly $166 billion in bets on sporting events. That’s more than the entire U.S. movie, music,...
Data centers were actually making electricity costs cheaper, but the $7 trillion buildout with no guaranteed AI demand is threatening the trend
In the era of hyperscalers, the rising unpopularity of data centers has become inextricably linked with the fear of skyrocketing...
Bridgewater Associates ex-recruitment boss reveals the secret ‘unpopularity’ interview test he used on hundreds of candidates at the hedge fund
If you’re job hunting, add one more secret test to your growing list of things that can quietly cost you...
The Pete behind Jersey Mike’s was only 17 years old when he borrowed $125,000 to buy the chain—with some help from his high school football coach
Peter Cancro was still in high school when he took a leap of faith and took out a six-figure loan...
When 10,000 doctors stood up and cheered for a cancer drug — America’s innovation machine made it possible
You might have seen, in early June, more than 10,000 oncologists and drug developers gave a standing ovation mid-presentation. The...
Bechtel CEO: to build America’s future, we must first build the builders
America just blew out the candles on its 250th birthday — a moment to celebrate the freedoms and ideals that...
Booted from Malaysia, tech guru Balaji Srinivasan finds a new patron for his ‘nomad’ commune: Kazakhstan
A controversial, self-styled tech prophet had been searching the world for a place to set up a nomadic education community....
A Hims cofounder fired his entire marketing team for AI. Now his 24/7 online vet service is growing 20% a month
When Joe Spector’s corgi, Eddie, ate four M&Ms, the Hims cofounder spent hours trying to find an emergency vet who...
As millions of Gen Zers face unemployment, CEOs of Amazon, Citi, and McDonald’s say opportunity is still there—if you have the right mindset
For Gen Zers entering the job market, the experience has likely been more rocky than they might have wished. Entry-level...
Gen Z ‘teen takeovers’ go from hijinks to shootings, theft and vandalism. Blame ‘adolescent brain development’
When Damarion Spann, 18, saw an Instagram flier calling for a massive gathering on a beach near downtown Chicago, he...
Intern arrested in Belgium on suspicion of spying inside NATO military headquarters and ‘being a member of a criminal organization’
A Canadian woman was arrested and accused of espionage while working as an intern in the operational headquarters of the...
France deploys giant military cargo plane to dump tons of flame retardants as European wildfires displace more than 250,000
France sent a hulking military cargo plane to dump tons of flame retardants as it battled raging wildfires on Saturday...
Let’s get ready to rumble: The next Fed meeting will be a ‘family feud’ — and that’s exactly what Chairman Kevin Warsh wants
Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh apparently relishes a good debate, and the upcoming policy meeting is expected to see some...
