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Political candidates are attacking AI in ads, and they’re focusing on the one thing scarier than a killer robot: a high electricity bill.Republicans, Democrats, and Independents are peddling anti-AI messaging this year, with subtle differences. The attacks pose a challenge for AI companies looking to build political support for data…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Rhiannon Wood, a 26-year-old travel micro influencer who runs a social media business and leads group tours around the world. It has been edited for length and clarity.After graduating from the University of Birmingham in the UK in 2022, I knew…
Rising fears of an AI apocalypse have rattled markets and forced investors to reckon with a potentially existential risk.A future where robots take over and terminate humans remains a radical vision, fueled by recent warnings from AI researchers who consider doomsday a possible, but very unlikely, scenario.Yet it’s worth asking…
I was enjoying lunch with a friend during my summer vacation in London when she asked about the whereabouts of the rest of the family.My husband and tween son were at a museum, I told her. I said I wasn’t sure about my daughter, then 15. I explained that we’d…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Teri Williams, president and chief operating officer of OneUnited Bank. It has been edited for length and clarity.Growing up in Indiantown, Florida, I used to follow my great-grandmother around, whom I called Ma Honey. Ma Honey owned a penny candy store,…
“Congratulations on graduating, Andrea, now you’re off the payroll,” my dad not-so-jokingly declared on the steps of the Milwaukee convention center outside Marquette University. I barely had time to take off my cap and gown before they dropped me off in Chicago so I could start my first job at…
A majority of Americans hear themselves in Dolly Parton’s “9-to-5.”Sixty percent of Americans identify as working class, according to a Pew Research analysis of a January 2026 survey. That’s up from 54% in 2024.And the label, historically applied to lower-earning workers, resonates across earnings levels. Middle-income families, who make between…
For Kelan and Brittany Kline, improving their finances came down to a simple idea: widen the gap between what they earned and what they spent.The couple, who once worked traditional jobs as a jail deputy and elementary school teacher, were newly married and carrying roughly $40,000 in student-loan debt when…
Vivian Tu spent her first years out of college on a trading desk. While working at JP Morgan, she noticed something about the wealthy people she worked around: they didn’t dress like it.”Nobody really had that fancy of stuff,” Tu, who got our attention as our “Rich BFF” thanks to…
I never thought I’d live with my mom again.But in 2024 — as my husband and I struggled to find a house in Connecticut that we could afford, and my mom was looking for a way out of Florida — I had an idea: What if the three of us…
