Ava DuVernay on ‘Origin’
For filmmaker Ava DuVernay, who made Selma, 13th, and When They See Us, the journalist Isabel Wilkerson’s watershed 2020 book Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents (recommended…
Read moreAirbnb Made Overtourism Worse. Now It Wants to Fix That
The problem with Airbnb, according to its CEO Brian Chesky, is the search box. When users open the platform, they are asked a question: Where do you…
Read moreDominion CEO Predicts Business ‘Goes to Zero’
A month ago, Dominion Voting Systems seemed like a dragon slayer. The conservative news behemoth Fox News had just agreed to pay Dominion $787.5 million to settle…
Read moreCOVID-19 Pushing Prices Up But Impact Should Fade
The U.S. labor market will see “ups and downs” as the pandemic lingers but it’s premature to judge that the recovery is in peril, said San Francisco…
Read moreAmazon Sellers Are Making Big Money on Nuclear War Survival Products
First, we expected takeout food on demand. Then we wanted groceries fast. Now, Amazon’s hottest products are bug-out bags, military meal replacement kits and iodine pills—taken in…
Read moreHow to Set Boundaries Without ‘Quiet Quitting’
The idea of quiet quitting has been getting a lot of attention on social media recently, and could be more widespread than you think—around half of American…
Read moreHow Gunmakers Are Using Their Leverage to Pit States Against One Another
At first he thought it was an umbrella. But when the shotgun that was pointed at John Seymour went off, hitting him in the back and the…
Read moreElon Musk Has Lost Sight of What Matters
Last year, Elon Musk seemed to have escaped the force of gravity. Stock prices for carmaker Tesla, which accounts for the lion’s share of his wealth, hit…
Read moreMore Employers Using Overtime Loophole to Pay People Less
Congratulations on your new role as manager. But before you celebrate, you may want to ask your boss a few questions—and do some quick math. Employers are…
Read moreSpaceX Fires Employees Over Letter Critical of CEO Musk
SpaceX has fired “a number of employees” responsible for an open letter critical of the behavior of Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk, according to an internal memo,…
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