The eight-hour workday has its roots in the 1860s. But it didn’t catch on for many decades after that. Quick Summary The 40-hour workweek, established by the 1938 Fair Labor Standards Act, became a benchmark after decades of labor activism. A 2025 Gallup poll shows 40% of full-time employees work 40 hours, while 38% work 41-59 hours, and 15% work over 60 hours. Companies experimenting with a four-day workweek reported improved employee retention, with resignations falling fro

"Death by Lightning" dramatizes the stranger-than-fiction true story of 20th U.S. President James Garfield, and admirer Charles Guiteau, who assassinated him. New Netflix mini-series.

Many technologies can be used in both healthy and unhealthy ways. You can indulge in food to the point of obesity, or even make it the subject of anxiety. Media can keep us informed, but it can also steal our focus and drain our energy, especially social media. AI can help students learn, or it can help them avoid learning. Technology itself has no agency to choose between these paths; we do.

Members of the class of 2026 have had access to AI since they were freshmen. Almost all of them are using it to do their work

The U.S. is cracking down freedom of speech with a new viciousness, but the First Amendment won’t go down without a fight.

Veteran ICE officers know face coverings are a bad look. But they’re not coming off anytime soon. Somewhat related Also somewhat related

When the world feels chaotic, emotionally intelligent leaders steady others.

The most consequential shift that year was not one of battle lines but of ideology. Excerpt: "Comparing the words and deeds of 1775 with those of 1776 shows a profound shift in sentiment among the American people. Patriots had been asserting and, in some cases, fighting for their rights as British subjects since the Stamp Act Crisis of 1765, which resulted from Parliament imposing taxes on unrepresented colonists. Parliament refused to back down from the bedrock principle, e

Many places may become uninhabitable. Many people may be on their own.

When the "Greatest Generation" returned home from World War II, many veterans had suffered psychic wounds that were not diagnosed or understood at the time to be PTSD. For his new book, "The Wounded Generation," historian David Nasaw researched the experiences of WWII veterans – from suffering survivor's guilt, to receiving electro-shock therapy treatments – that give insights into the emotional traumas facing veterans of all wars. To all military veterans, we thank you!

When we think of China today, we think of a technological superpower. From Huawei and 5G to TikTok and viral social media, China is stride for stride with the United States in the world of computing. However, China’s technological renaissance almost didn’t happen. And for one very basic reason: the Chinese language, with its 70,000 plus characters, couldn’t fit on a keyboard. Today, we tell the story of Professor Wang Yongmin, a hard-headed computer programmer who solved this

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.

In 1576 a theater rose in a rough-and-tumble London neighborhood. William Shakespeare would get his professional start among its players.

For centuries, Western countries have used the extension of economic support to justify the imposition of control over poorer countries.

Beijing’s massive manufacturing investments have driven the costs of clean energy down

Why we may be investing too much importance in the role of technology

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

Higher education can—and should—fight the U.S. administration, but the age of lavish government support is coming to a close.

Booze is down and weed is up, and that’s doing something to us as a country.