Fifteen cents on the dollar is the one statistic about America’s racial...
Ebony Reed is a community news journalist. She began her career as a reporter at Cleveland’s The Plain Dealer, and then covered the 2008 economic crisis for the Detroit News. She has held senior roles...
View ArticleFrom Kamala’s kicks to Tim’s baseball caps: Here’s a breakdown of candidates’...
With Election Day approaching, candidates are courting voters with everything they’ve got: targeted ads, texts, taunts, and stump speeches. As a fashion historian, I think an overlooked aspect of...
View ArticleDNC 2024: Harris memes-turned-ephemera head to the Smithsonian
At the 2024 Democratic National Convention, alongside politicians and delegates from across the country are political history curators from the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History, who...
View ArticleHow to reclaim a few hours of meeting time a week (and still get more done)
Welcome to Work Smarter, Fast Company‘s newsletter on career, leadership, and productivity advice. You can sign up to receive this newsletter every week here.I’ve worked fully remotely for the last...
View ArticlePeacock crushed its Olympics coverage. Now comes the hard part
After striking gold with its Paris Olympics coverage, Peacock now seeks to become one of the must-have streaming platforms. President Kelly Campbell shares what makes Peacock different, and the...
View Article5 tips to ensure a successful leadership transition for your organization
While the world watched and waited to see if President Joe Biden would drop his reelection bid last month, I imagined his internal struggle and thought, I totally get it. I may not be a global leader,...
View Article3 ways to get better at learning effectively
The widespread arrival of generative AI models over the past few years has struck fear in the hearts of many people who suddenly realized that significant parts of their knowledge-intensive jobs could...
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15 years after its historically bad rebrand, Tropicana unveils a juicy new look
A red-and-white straw sticking out from a juicy orange. Retro-inspired typefaces. Bright, eye-catching colors. Tropicana’s new look is bursting with visuals that harken back to a nostalgic childhood...
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A legendary illustrator brings new life to Tom Wolfe’s old books
The cult of AI. The crash(es) of crypto. The crisis at Boeing. The reality TV star trying to once again cudgel a path to the presidency. We have a lot of brilliant writers capturing and commenting on...
View Article3 things you forgot you knew about speaking in person and how to fix them
This summer, I keep getting the same call: “So my company is going back to in-person events and off-sites, and I feel like after working so much virtually, I forgot how to speak in-person both...
View ArticleNapkin is a great new AI tool for making quick visuals
This article is republished with permission from Wonder Tools, a newsletter that helps you discover the most useful sites and apps. Subscribe here. Napkin.ai turns text into diagrams with AI. Type or...
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Feeld’s polyamory play: Why tech is invading off-Broadway theatre
Tiffany and Tucker are looking for a third. Tucker wants to experiment with his sexuality; Tiffany wants to watch. Naturally, they look to Feeld, a dating app that’s become increasingly popular with...
View Article$800 million and nothing to show: How activists derailed Silicon Valley...
In a 2017, billionaire venture capitalist Michael Moritz had a pitch for potential investors: Put your money into a plan to build a brand new city in Solano County, about 60 miles northeast of San...
View ArticleCanada imposes a 100% tariff on Chinese-made EVs—hitting Tesla
Canada announced Monday it is launching a 100% tariff on imports of Chinese-made electric vehicles, matching U.S. tariffs imposed over what Western governments say are China’s subsidies that give its...
View ArticleSeattle–Tacoma Airport hit by a possible cyber attack, causing major outage
An apparent cyberattack disrupted internet, phones, email and other systems at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport for a third day on Monday as Port of Seattle officials worked to investigate the...
View ArticleHyundai’s Georgia EV plant will take 6.6 million gallons of water a day from...
A federal agency plans to reassess its environmental permit for Hyundai’s $7.6 billion electric vehicle plant in Georgia after a conservation group complained that regulators failed to properly...
View Article3 things people get wrong about collaboration
Most of the problems we have to solve at work are too big for any individual to handle. There are too many different areas of knowledge needed to be successful. The projects require too much time for...
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India’s rail network is nearly 100% electrified. The U.S. is at 1%
By the end of the year, India’s main rail network—around 40,000 miles long—could be 100% electrified. It’s more than 96% electrified now. In the U.S., by contrast, that number is around 1%. “India has...
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Ye fires longtime Yeezy designer Steven Smith
Steven Smith—the famed sneaker designer who propelled Yeezy to become one of the most successful shoe brands ever, and who since served as “employee one and only” at the Yeezy spin-off Donda...
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This abandoned Alabama coal plant is poisoning the groundwater—but its owners...
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.— Chief U.S. District Judge David Proctor is fed up. “I’m not fooling around anymore,” Proctor said last Wednesday in a federal court hearing in Birmingham. “This has gotten past the...
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