Society

The EU’s new legislation is designed to explain the web to users

The inside story of the world’s most notorious commercial spyware and the big tech companies waging war against it.

One industry that we are starting to excel in where I see tremendous potential in is the technology field. The internet has dominated the world and is now the breeding ground for high growth and hi…

The idea that the tank is no longer a dominant threat on the battlefield is overblown, wrong, and almost as old as the tank itself.

Paywalls be damned!

Green energy requires significant amounts of metals like lithium, cobalt, nickel, copper and manganese. Current supplies aren't adequate.

Joanna Chiu's book, China Unbound, argues for engaging China to seriously address human rights, climate change, and economic development.

Fears are rising that the boundaries of the cyber war between Russia and NATO could soon spread beyond Europe.

Studying orca poop to save the species.

In an effort to combat the unemployment and underemployment of creative workers, Hope Corps will put artists to work on public projects.

How we made our world for cars. The disastrous consequences of it and a path to the future.

A focus on open, inviting and community-centric interiors aims at appealing to a broad range of Black customers, including elders

A new attendance policy has made the life of train conductors and engineers a nightmare, and there’s nothing they can do about it.

This is a terrible reason to do something that makes things a little worse for other people. And a common one, of course. Much of the time, we’re willing to go out of our way to do work we&#8…

What separates Blind Melon from Shania Twain?

Use this educational repair toolkit to guide young learners to resourcefulness and student agency

It’s not just a phase.

How a pivot to vegan materials and crowdfunding led Paris fashion brand Laflore to 21st century success

A cognitive scientist’s research on the relationship between emotional regulation and performance shows just how big a role feelings of belonging and togetherness play when it comes to reversing trends of inequity.

The author of the First, the Few, the Only says corporate America is facing a crisis, and women of color are the new power brokers.

Mayuko Inoue left her career in Silicon Valley to focus on being a YouTuber full-time. Here’s how she’s handling jumping from one burnout to the next.

What is a middleman? And why do they have such a sour reputation?

The Future of Work issue of the Highlight looks at the workers Americans dubbed "essential" and then largely left behind in the work revolution. Can we make work better for the nation’s crucial workforce?

Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc.'s intent to take a nearly 50% cut of digital asset sales within its emerging metaverse is drawing widespread criticism...

John Oliver's Last Week Tonight took on data brokers and surveillance capitalism in a recent show and he did his usual great job of explaining a serious topic in an entertaining way. Definitely worth the watch.

Ten years ago, I realized media literacy meant something different

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