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Labor Department social media campaign depicts a White male workforce
The campaign has drawn scrutiny, with critics saying the agency is not realistically portraying the diversity of the country and is sending messages that feel exclusionary.
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4 hours ago1 min read
‘The Dream Factory’ Review: A Building and Its Bard
In 1576 a theater rose in a rough-and-tumble London neighborhood. William Shakespeare would get his professional start among its players.
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‘Violent Saviors’ Review: Offering Aid and Taking Power
For centuries, Western countries have used the extension of economic support to justify the imposition of control over poorer countries.
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WORLDChina’s Shift to Clean Energy Is Saving the Paris Climate Accord
Beijing’s massive manufacturing investments have driven the costs of clean energy down
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5 hours ago1 min read
The future of work is still human
Why we may be investing too much importance in the role of technology
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2 days ago1 min read
Lurking beyond the "Third-Term Threat"
Republican leaders need to speak up now, loudly and clearly, against any schemes to put Donald Trump back into the White House yet again. Related: the agenda behind the 3rd term threat
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5 days ago1 min read
THE NEXT ERA OF THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY
Higher education can—and should—fight the U.S. administration, but the age of lavish government support is coming to a close.
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The Lonely New Vices of U.S. Life
Booze is down and weed is up, and that’s doing something to us as a country.
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In Defense of ‘Groupthink’
Are we too quick to agree on the dangers of consensus? Related
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No Politics Is Local
State and city elections are now heavily intertwined with what happens in Washington.
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The biggest careers that have now vanished, according to data
The Department of Data started spelunking through archaic occupations in search of disappearing jobs — but it turns out the best answer is more obvious than you think.
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5 days ago1 min read
Is the Internet harming cultures?
The decline of criticism might explain the sense that our culture is stagnating. How can we bring it back?
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5 days ago1 min read
Deadly rivers in the sky
Where climate forces are fueling more dangerous flooding
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5 days ago1 min read
Trade: U.S. vs. China
Fareed's Take
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6 days ago1 min read
8 surprising things boomers say about retirement that no one tells you in your 40s
Ask a boomer about retirement, and you’ll hear the things no financial planner ever mentions. Here are 8 insights they wish younger generations knew.
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6 days ago1 min read
The Triadic Work Relationship™ (UII w/Claude)
DM With hot apple cider in hand I ask, what are optimal terms to define a functional "A.I.<>human<> organization relationship" (both personal and collectively) within organizational work dynamics; and what might the designs thereof include, or entail, for optimal relational efficacy and risks mitigation? Keep in mind: organizations and human have very different parameters as to "optimal"and "efficacy;" and IMPO from a moral and pragmatic POV, "work should fit well into life,"
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Why Companies Are No Longer Hanging On to Employees
The practice of ‘labor hoarding’—holding on to employees for fear of not being able to get them back later—has reached its end
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6 days ago1 min read
Palantir Thinks College Might Be a Waste. So It’s Hiring High-School Grads
Tech company offers 22 teens a chance to skip college for its fellowship, which includes a four-week seminar on Western civilization
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AUTHOR of a REVOLUTION
Chapter 1: In challenging British rule, Thomas Jefferson would face the contradiction between enslavement and “all men are created equal.”
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Enjoy October's gifts to our eyes and minds
Go to select photos
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