Stilling a silent crisis
These are the countries with the highest and lowest minimum wages
Global inflation, still high following the pandemic and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, is starting to cool slightly this year. But people everywhere keep feeling the strain on their wallets.…
Men can experience postpartum depression, too
When Mikael Cummings, a 25-year-old entrepreneur in Brooklyn, found out he was going to be a father in March, he felt instant feelings of excitement.…
Microsoft is pressuring the DoJ to punish Google
Tech giant Microsoft Corp. wants the US Department of Justice (DoJ) to penalize Alphabet’s Google for stifling competition in the internet search market.…
A hidden system of exploitation underpins US hospitals’ employment of foreign nurses
This series was produced in partnership with the nonprofit newsroom Type Investigations, with support from the Gertrude Blumenthal Kasbekar Fund, the Puffin Foundation, and the Pulitzer Center.…
Carnival Cruise travelers are back onboard despite higher prices
Cruise ship operator Carnival Corp. reported record Q3 revenue of $6.9 billion, the highest quarterly number since the covid pandemic began in early 2020.…
Why China laid the tracks for Indonesia’s first high-speed rail
Indonesia’s first high-speed train, called Whoosh, launched commercial operations on Oct. 1. The service is the first of its kind in the country and in Southeast Asia, and a notch in the belt for Indonesian president Joko “Jokowi” Widodo.…
Advice from Andreessen Horowitz on executive searches and why they should be led by the CEO
Knowing which executive to hire and when can be incredibly difficult—especially when you’re a startup founder focused on scaling your business and managing a milieu of other responsibilities.…
The all-out revolt against Knitting.com helps explain boycotts at Reddit and Etsy
For well over a decade, the domain Knitting.com was on sale. Through this time, it was sparsely populated: It displayed around a dozen knitting-related links at any given time and the contact information for the site’s owner, Roy Edward Messer—the man who sold Vodka.com…
AI in Focus: One quiet Apple outspends the whole barrel
Hello, fellow humans! Hope you’re enjoying the new, limited Saturday edition of the Daily Brief, which is focused on AI, though, we promise, written by actual people.…
Climate change over the last two decades is making the effects of El Niño more extreme
Since 2000, there have been seven El Niño events. The last and strongest El Niño of that time period lasted two years, from 2014-2016.…
How to sort out actual jerks from people just doing their jobs
“I’m thinking of firing my CFO,” my executive coaching client, a healthcare CEO, said. “She came highly recommended, but she’s so negative;—she’s constantly shutting down my ideas.”…
We need whistleblowers. Here are 9 ways workplaces can make it safe to speak up
Whistleblowing is vital to prevent and uncover corporate misconduct, including fraud, waste, discrimination, toxic work environments, and other wrongdoing. Still, becoming a whistleblower is uniquely challenging, even under the best circumstances.…
An exodus of nurses has caused a “medical brain drain” in Nigeria. Are rich countries to blame?
This series was supported by the Pulitzer Center and produced in partnership with the nonprofit newsroom Type Investigations, with additional support from the Gertrude Blumenthal Kasbekar Fund and the Puffin Foundation.…
How Meta wins even if its new AI assistant fails
At its annual developer conference this week, Meta announced a slew of new AI-related products, including Meta AI, a conversational AI assistant that will be available on WhatsApp, Messenger, and Instagram in the US.…
If GameStop’s new CEO flames out, he’ll have no one to blame but himself
Ryan Cohen made his name—and his fortune—at Chewy, co-founding the online pet store before, selling it to Petsmart for $3.35 billion before it went public as an independent company in 2019.…
“Hot strike summer” was just the beginning of labor’s grappling with climate change
After the summer of 2023, the hottest in recorded history, it is not just laborers but labor itself that is in the hot seat.…
Out-of-pocket healthcare costs are $15 billion higher for US women than men
Out-of-pocket healthcare expenses cost women $15 billion more per year than men in the US, according to a recent report (pdf) by Deloitte.…
🚀 Space Business: Venture Class
Sierra Space’s $290 million series B round, mostly from Japanese strategic investors, makes me wonder if the folks allocating capital to risky businesses are regaining their appetite for space. …
5 ways leaders can use stories to build trust with employees
I grew up as an outsider, navigating racial, religious, and political discrimination within my hometown. These experiences put me up close and personal with bias and where it comes from.…
How Indian brokers take the shine off the dreams of migrant nurses
This series was supported by the Pulitzer Center and produced in partnership with the nonprofit newsroom Type Investigations, with additional support from the Gertrude Blumenthal Kasbekar Fund and the Puffin Foundation.…