Celebrity Life
Minnesota Attorney General Who Won Chauvin Conviction ‘Appalled’ by 2013 Police Shooting
The prosecutors who won a conviction for the murder of George Floyd say they are focused anew on the case of a young Black man killed by Minneapolis police in 2013. Terrance Franklin was 22 when he was shot 10 times–five times in the head–by SWAT officers in a confrontation that Franklin’s family called an…
Companies Are Embracing Empathy to Keep Employees Happy. It’s Not That Easy
“Empathy is one of the values we’ve had from our founding.” That’s what Chelsea MacDonald, SVP of people and operations at Ada, a tech startup that builds customer-service platforms, told me when we first got on the phone for this story in June. When the company was in its early stages, with about 50 people,…
The Pandemic Reset the Balance Between Workers and Employers. How Bosses Respond Will Shape the Future of Work
"In order to attract and retain the workers they need, leaders are having to reassess their organizations’ practices"
Hourly Workers Are Demanding Better Pay and Benefits—and Getting Them
After 17 months of having to show up to jobs in person, America’s hourly workers may be gaining leverage
Ted Lasso and TV’s Strange Quest to Build the Perfect Man
In the age of toxic masculinity, shows like Ted Lasso give us characters that sometimes read more as instruction manual for manhood than real human person
How Beijing Is Redefining What It Means to Be Chinese, from Xinjiang to Inner Mongolia
Freedom of religion, long suppressed in China, is now being squeezed to the limit
Inside One Combat Vet’s Journey From Defending His Country to Storming the Capitol
The crackle of handheld radios broke the morning stillness. Sound carries in the country, and on the rural outskirts of Arab, Ala., curious neighbors stepped onto their porches, craning their necks to see what was going on. Some thought the police had found an escaped inmate who had been a leading story on the local…
48 Athletes to Watch at the Tokyo Olympics
Learn more about the extraordinary athletes to watch during the Tokyo Olympics
The Olympic Refugee Team Was Created to Offer Hope. Some Athletes Are Running Away From It
'We cannot talk about money. We are not supposed to talk, because we are just a refugee'
Meet 6 Heroes Who Helped Battle COVID-19 Before Competing in the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics
'What we’ve been through has made me realize even more: health is the most important thing, both for the individual and the collective'
Tokyo’s Plan to Avoid Pandemic Disaster During the Olympics
New cases of COVID-19 could forever tarnish this year's Olympics as an exercise in folly amid a global pandemic
‘Unapologetic and Unafraid.’ Sue Bird Stares Down Olympic Glory in Tokyo and Equity Off the Court
The last Olympics of the basketball star's storied career comes as the larger world has finally begun to appreciate her greatness