Government funding cuts, caregiver shortages and immigration limits are adding new strains to an industry that’s already hard-pressed to meet demand.

Rise of the LLeMmings

In this TED Talk, a unique perspective emerges from a healthcare professional who not only treats Temporomandibular Disorders (TMD) as a dentist but also lives with the condition herself. Through her journey, she reveals the often-overlooked complexities of TMD and advocates for a more integrated approach to healthcare. By sharing her story, she highlights the critical need for a holistic model that better serves patients with complex, interconnected conditions. Thanks Pam!

President has repeatedly ousted leaders of independent agencies despite federal laws meant to shield those regulators from politics.

There’s a conversation we keep witnessing with mounting frequency among senior leaders across the Indian corporate world, and it always begins with the same proclamation: “They’re approaching workplace relationships completely differently.” The “they” in question is invariably Gen Z, and the changing workplace dynamics around us are impossible to dismiss.

New National Security Strategy describes a country that is focused on doing business and reducing migration while avoiding passing judgment on authoritarians.

Undermining expertise is a pretext for consolidating power among the ultra-wealthy.

What a 1950s experiment reveals about conformity in the age of the internet.

Learn more about a potent voice who is standing tall for us in the moment

New research suggests AI chatbots can shift people’s political views more effectively than campaign ads on TV.

Powerful images from the past 12 months

An emerging field of history asks if we can ever really understand how our forebears experienced love, anger, fear, and sorrow.

A new book argues that civilizations built on centralized wealth and power contain the seeds of their own destruction.

If you’re a parent or a teacher, you’ve probably wondered how to balance play and safety for the kids in your care. You don’t want to put children in danger, but you also don’t want to rob them of the joy of exploration. This week, we talk with psychologist Peter Gray about how this balance has changed — for parents and children alike — and what we can do about it.

Digital tools are pulling us away from fixed texts and back toward fluid, interactive communication.

A new Wharton study finds that too few women are working with emerging tech, and that exclusion is driving a growing divide in pay.

When a word comes to mean everything, it means nothing.

David Lilienthal’s account of his years running the Tennessee Valley Authority can read like the Abundance of 1944. We still have a lot to learn from what the book says — and from what it leaves out.

Headlines keep pulling our attention toward high-profile clashes between politicians and elite research universities. But quietly, out of the spotlight, a far more immediate crisis is taking shape on campuses that may look "fine" from the outside: dozens of small and midsize private colleges with familiar names are far closer to the financial edge than their public statements suggest.

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