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A trip to South Africa showed me a side of my adult son I’d been too busy to notice
The sky was still ink black where we were in South Africa. My son Ben and I grabbed our flashlights, lighting our way along the walking path to the main building at the lodge where we were staying, ready for our last game drive with ranger Dion and tracker Bongi. We were nervous after hearing
I’ve made this easy, dietitian-approved meal for years. It’s got protein and fiber — and the leftovers make great lunches.
I’m an early riser who works full-time, so by dinner, my brainpower is at a catastrophic low. (If you know, you know.) However, as a health and budget-conscious person, takeout isn’t an option. Instead, I keep a few quick, balanced recipes in my repertoire, ones that include protein, fiber, and…
Job applicants are hiding secret AI messages in their résumés
Last month, Paul Lee was reviewing applications for a legal and compliance job at the small technology company he leads when his screening software flagged an anomaly. Hidden in one of the hundreds of résumés he received was a block of roughly 1,500 characters typed in white text on a white…
I named the main character in my first novel after my foster brother. I wanted him to know he was never temporary.
I was 10 years old when my parents decided to become foster parents. I was 28, married, and with a child of my own when they took their last placement. Throughout those years, my parents adopted five of our foster siblings through the foster-to-adopt program. But not every foster sibling stayed. As…
American Express’ secret social media weapon: an in-house history nerd
Scroll down in American Express’ TikTok account, and you’ll find a video of Ira Galtman popping up from behind a bison at the Bronx Zoo. “Ira content makes my day,” one commenter wrote, evidently already familiar with Galtman, who, as a middle-aged archivist, didn’t expect to become a social media…
My college-age son is independent and self-sufficient. I owe it all to traveling with him when he was young.
My toddler son wasn’t sure what to make of the situation. We’d just finished touring Costa Rica’s Manuel Antonio National Park, and were strolling through the adjacent village of Naranjito. He had his trusty stuffed toy, Grover, in tow. It wasn’t long before a group of local children spotted it and…
I got laid off from my corporate job, and it pushed me to pursue my dream of working at Spirit Halloween
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Maggie Bodner, a 28-year-old employee at Spirit Halloween, based in the Fort Lauderdale area. Her identity and employment have been verified by Business Insider. This story has been edited for length and clarity. I was laid off in June and…
I ran Palantir’s rotational program for forward-deployed engineering. Here’s what rivals get wrong about FDEs.
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Vinoo Ganesh, the 34-year-old CEO of Kepler. He spent over six years at Palantir in the 2010s and later worked at Citadel. He’s based in New York. It’s been edited for length and clarity. Palantir had a program we called Project Frontline. The…
I lost my sight 5 years ago. Tesla’s Cybercab gave me a glimpse of regaining my independence.
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Gary Moss, 62, a resident of Puyallup, Washington, and his son, David, a Tesla owner. Moss, who is blind, attended Tesla’s Cybercab launch event with his son in Austin. Tesla made the Cybercab available to the Austin public following the event…
They were getting closer to student-loan forgiveness. Then their progress was stripped away.
Christina Quinones was two payments away from reaching the threshold for student-loan forgiveness. She’d spent nine years and 10 months pursuing Public Service Loan Forgiveness, which forgives student debt for government and nonprofit workers after 10 years of qualifying payments. Quinones, who…