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This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Michaeleen Doucleff, the author of “Hunt, Gather, Parent” and “Dopamine Kids,” released on March 3. This story has been edited for length and clarity. Loading audio narration… Around the time my daughter, Rosy, was 4, we went to the beach. It…
A former Amazon vice president says getting a bad manager removed is rarely as simple as escalating complaints — and doing so the wrong way can backfire. Loading audio narration… Speaking on “The Peterman Pod,” Ethan Evans said employees often assume that raising concerns to their boss’s manager will automatically…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Lisa Fail, 61, who lives in Durham, North Carolina. In late 2024, after about three decades in tech, she decided to take a career break. The following has been edited for brevity and clarity. Loading audio narration… I’m super lucky. I’ve…
Some airlines are waiving change fees for passengers affected by hourslong waits at airport security.Delta Air Lines, United Airlines, and Allegiant have issued advisories giving travelers more flexibility during the ongoing travel chaos.Due to a partial government shutdown, TSA agents have been working without pay since February 14. As a…
Palantir CEO Alex Karp says AI will upend society and that even people in tech underestimate “how disruptive these technologies are.””If you are going to disrupt the economic and, therefore, political power significantly of one party’s base, highly educated, often female voters who vote mostly Democrat, and military and working…
Oil’s sharp rally amid the Iran war has injected fresh volatility into semiconductor stocks and raised new questions about the cost and pace of the AI boom.Shares of TSMC, Samsung Electronics, and SK Hynix — key AI chip suppliers — have swung sharply since the conflict began, at one point…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Kimberly Jones, a 60-year-old native Floridian who moved to North Carolina in 2025. The conversation has been edited for length and clarity.I was born and raised in Miami and spent my entire life living in South Florida. But last year, my…
Plenty of civic events take place in public school gyms. Few, if any, are advertised with the bravado of a Don King-like boxing promoter. The first of New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s “Rental Ripoff Hearings,” held Thursday night at George Westinghouse High School in downtown Brooklyn, was one of…
Three conservative justices of the US Supreme Court — Brett Kavanaugh, Clarence Thomas, and Samuel Alito — broke with the majority Friday, arguing that President Donald Trump had clear authority to impose his sweeping tariff policy.The three dissenting justices said the president’s tariffs were perfectly legal under the 1970-era law…
