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Blame Netflix if you like, but it is well placed to survive the work stoppage | Business (2023)
Kate Zernike’s “The Exceptions” tells the infuriating, inspiring story of the sexism faced by female scientists at M.I.T. — and how they fought back. (2023)
If progressivism can’t work there, why should the country believe it can work anywhere else? (2021)
Bellarmine University is creating a scholarship program to recruit low-income, high-achieving students into the STEM disciplines of computer engine... (2020)
In partnership with NASA, Smithsonian Learning Labs, and others, the lessons use space exploration, museums, and popular movies to teach the princi... (2020)
Other cities have combined books and subsidized housing, but the outgoing mayor, Rahm Emanuel, has embraced the concept with three striking new pro... (2019)
“I AM SIMPLY thrilled about all the folks you were able to admit,” David Ellwood, the then dean of Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government,... (2019)
The workers behind hits like Fortnite and Call of Duty need unions to protect them from exploitation. (2019)
A new college admissions scandal is just the latest proof of a grossly uneven playing field. (2019)
The arrival of the tech company’s new headquarters was set to shake up the borough’s real estate market, driving up rents and spurring displacement... (2019)
More light, less clarity THOUGH SHE lives in one of the world’s poorest countries, Drocella Yandereye is a picture of upward mobility. Her small... (2019)
Failing to identify and help poor and minority students isn’t just unfair. It also hurts growth. (2019)
On Socialism - In the age of A.O.C., the lesson must be learned again. (2019)
In public, executives wring their hands over automation’s negative consequences for workers. In private, they talk about how they are racing to aut... (2019)
The years from the end of World War II into the 1970s were ones of substantial economic growth and broadly shared prosperity. Beginning in the 1970... (2011)
THE LOS ANGELES regional food bank distributes 300,000 meals a month, but that, says its director, Michael Flood, is only a fraction of what the hu... (2018)
Other areas, not so much. (2018)
A preliminary analysis of 100 U.S. metro areas suggests Airbnb bears at least some responsibility for soaring housing costs. (2018)
Asian-Americans have been among the most vocal opponents of affirmative action. But national surveys show that most favor it. (2018)
A joint brief by the seven other Ivies and nine private universities said that a ruling against Harvard’s admissions process would reverberate acro... (2018)
The suit, which accuses the university of discriminating against Asian-Americans, has shed light on little-known aspects of Harvard’s selection pro... (2018)
The rule of thumb is that the cost of your house should equal roughly 2.6 years of income. But in some U.S. cities, home prices are almost 10 times... (2018)
Long plagued by poverty and desperation, Stockton, Calif., is testing universal basic income as a means of improving the lives of its people. (2018)
The rise of renting in the U.S. isn’t just about high housing prices, or preferences for city living, but about the flexibility to compete in today... (2018)
There have been incorrect reports in the media about the Finnish experimental study on a Universal Basic Income. The experiment will run until the ... (2018)
Allies on Election Day, the two wings of the Democratic Party are growing further estranged in other aspects of their lives... (2018)
Barclays Plc pays female employees at its investment bank division just under half as much as male colleagues on average, highlighting the gender i... (2018)
Alana Baltzer bought her first new winter coat recently. She’s eating vegetables and fruit now instead of junk food. And, because she’s not worryin... (2018)
The Economist, 2017: "A weaker dollar and an energy boom are pushing up pay... "In 2015 median household income, adjusted for inflation, rose 5... (2018)
In a significant court decision on the status of so-called gig-economy workers, a federal judge ruled drivers for GrubHub Inc. are independent cont... (2018)
The Impossible Ethical Bargain Behind African Safaris (2023)
It’s easy to blame the other side. And for many Democrats, it’s obvious that Republicans are thwarting progress toward a more equal society.But wha... (2021)
VICE News Published on Sep 11, 2017 Perennially perched at or near the top of lists of America’s most expensive and affluent cities, San Franci... (2019)
CAFOD Published on Aug 16, 2016 The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were adopted by the United Nations in 2015 as part of Agenda 2030 Su... (2018)
Bill Gates recently read Hans Rosling's new book "Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World—and Why Things Are Better Than You Think." I... (2018)
This short film by Stanley Nelson explores the impact of bias within public accommodations as well as the possibilities for a better future. (2018)
The Rio you won’t see at the Olympics Watch part 1, "2016 Olympics: What Rio doesn’t want the world to see" (2018)
Silicon Valley may be a place of incredible innovation, but some say what most needs to change is its own business culture. A new book called "Brot... (2018)
a16z Published on Jan 21, 2018 Traditional banking services have fallen flat for an enormous segment of the population -- whether because they’... (2018)
How Can We Avoid the Mistakes of the Past? Eugenics is the idea that people can improve humanity by regulating who is allowed to reproduce and ... (2020)
Listen to this episode from 99% Invisible on Spotify. Computer algorithms now shape our world in profound and mostly invisible ways. They predict i... (2022)
Carla Harris talks to Freada Kapor Klein of the Kapor Capital, which invests in entrepreneurs who are women or from multicultural backgrounds. (2018)
At a time when AI and digital platforms are under fire, Orly Lobel, a renowned tech policy scholar, defends technology as a powerful tool we can ha... (2023)
The 1619 Project, inaugurated with a special issue of The New York Times Magazine, challenges us to reframe U.S. history by marking the year when t... (2020)
Elpha is where women in tech talk candidly online. We're a private community where members come for personal and professional development, to start... (2020)
We believe people of all different backgrounds should have the opportunity to participate, shape, and succeed in the founding, funding, and buildin... (2018)
The California Sunday Magazine The College Try Liz Waite and Kersheral Jessup couldn’t afford a higher education, let alone rent. But they worked a... (2017)