The U.N. General Assembly adopted a “Pact for the Future” to meet the challenges of the 21st century. Now comes the hard part: uniting the world’s divided nations to move quickly to implement its 56 actions. U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres thanked the 193-member world body for approving the pact and unlocking the door for nations […]
Corporate America’s retreat from DEI is short-sighted—and just plain dumb
The dissonance is inescapable. Corporations like Lowes, Jack Daniels, and Harley Davidson retreat from DEI despite a drumbeat of reminders that their future customers and employees are the most diverse of our time. A human resources organization drops “equity” from its work, even as Gen Z views DEI as a workplace must-have. And yet, it’s […]
In its 50th year, Dungeons & Dragons is more popular than ever. Here’s why
When a promoter from Live Nation told Brennan Lee Mulligan that his Dungeons & Dragons series, Dimension 20, could play a show at Madison Square Garden, he couldn’t believe it. Literally. “There was a feeling of, You must be joking,” the creator recalls. “Like, that can’t be true.” Madison Square Garden is, after all, one […]
Poverty declined last year, but many Americans face economic hardship
The number of Americans living in poverty, according to the nation’s official definition, fell slightly to about 36.8 million in 2023, the Census Bureau announced on September 10, 2024. The data released also indicated that the poverty rate declined a little. However, an alternative way to measure poverty ticked up, as more people in the […]
This short quiz will reveal whether your company is using AI strategically
The conversation around AI today reminds me of the dot.com conversations we were having in the late ’90s, or the direct-to-consumer conversations we were having in the 2010s. And we’re seeing similar results, too: a proliferation of projects that nobody in the organization truly has their arms around. In some ways, that’s great—after all, innovation is […]
Qualcomm wants to buy Intel. Would that be enough to overtake Nvidia?
This story originally appeared in The Technology Letter and is republished here with permission. Shares of Intel jumped 3% Friday as The Wall Street Journal’s Lauren Thomas, Laura Cooper and Asa Fitch reported that Qualcomm has approached Intel about acquiring it for perhaps as much as ninety billion dollars, citing multiple unnamed sources. The “massive” deal, as the authors […]
A Texas pipeline explosion has turned into a criminal investigation
A pipeline fire that burned in a Houston suburb for four days finally went out Thursday as authorities announced a criminal investigation into the blaze that had roared into a towering flame, forcing neighborhoods to evacuate and melting parts of nearby cars. Before the fire fully stopped Thursday evening, officials announced that human remains were […]
This 20-yr old fashion fund has launched American designers to stardom
Amid the curated electronic music, models’ cold stares and magazine editors lining the runway at New York Fashion Week this season, several designers felt a particular sense of urgency. In a little over a month, they will learn whether they have won of one of the most coveted competitions for emerging designers: The Council of […]
Why the first 30 seconds of a stressful situation are the most critical?
Think about stepping up to the podium to speak, or going into a job interview, or having a difficult conversation with an employee. When you’re entering any stressful situation, the most difficult part is the beginning when your anxiety peaks. That period of time is also the most critical because how you handle the first […]
MomTok tried to make Neom look like paradise, and it backfired spectacularly
Promotion for Neom, the upwards of $500 billion, 10,000-square-mile region under construction in Saudi Arabia, has always been a little off. There are the videos touting Neom’s 105-mile-long city, The Line; and the reality-defying renderings showing off a litany of luxury spaces including the golf resort Gidori. Now, though, it seems like Neom’s marketing team […]