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Latino Entrepreneurs Were Among the Hardest Hit by the Pandemic. Now They Could Spur the Economic Recovery
Jaime Macias could hardly have opened his bar and restaurant, Jaime’s Place, at a worse time. In the weeks before his scheduled grand opening in October 2020, COVID-19 ran rampant through San Antonio. Restrictions had shuttered the doors of bars and restaurants, and Macias’ own Latino community was particularly hard hit, with people dying at…
Fossil Fuel Companies Say Hydrogen Made From Natural Gas Is a Climate Solution. But the Tech May Not Be Very Green
But the tech may not actually be very green
The U.S. Is Losing the Global Race to Decide the Future of Money—and It Could Doom the Almighty Dollar
"I don’t think the U.S. is aware there is a race"
Read an Excerpt From Kai-Fu Lee’s New Book, AI 2041, About How Artificial Intelligence Will Transform the World
Artificial intelligence could be the most transformative technology in the history of mankind, writes Kai-Fu Lee
Christine Lagarde and Klaus Schwab Discuss How to Overcome the World’s Greatest Challenges
The president of the ECB and the founder of the World Economic Forum discuss climate change, economic recovery and digital currencies
Research Shows Working From Home Doesn’t Work. Here’s How Employers Should Tackle the Problem
Working from home doesn’t work for many workers. Employers need to tackle the problem with a new model, writes Mimi Nguyen
American Agriculture Almost Ruined My Little English Farm. Now I’m Trying to Save It
For much of my early life America meant progress, the bright shining farming future. I was a kid on an old-fashioned farm in the North of England, and we were way off the pace of change. We had tractors and small machinery, of course, but horse tack still hung from the beams in the barn,…
LGBTQ People Across the U.S. Face Many Disparities In Health Care. A New Fellowship Aims to Bridge Those Gaps
The American Medical Association Foundation announced on Tuesday that the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s School of Public Health and Medicine will be the first institution to participate in its new National LGBTQ+ Fellowship Program, which aims to combat shortcomings in the medical care provided to LGBTQ people in the United States. The fellowship, which launches with…
The Climate Crisis Is a Call to Action. These 5 Steps Helped Me Figure Out How to Be of Use
At the age of 16, perched on a ridge in western North Carolina, I scrawled these words into a handbound journal: Want to help the world. Be connected with the Earth. Change the way I live. My mother has always called the Appalachians “wise old mountains,” not as tall or dramatic as their younger brethren…
City Heat is Worse if You’re Not Rich or White. The World’s First Heat Officer Wants to Change That
Black and Hispanic residents of U.S. cities are around twice as exposed as white people to the “urban heat island effect”
Our Digital World Can Deliver a Greener Industrial Future
The globalization of manufacturing has transformed some of the world’s poorest nations to unprecedented levels of economic prosperity. But the resulting increase in poorly controlled emissions and eco-degradation has caused unsustainable levels of local air and water pollution, destabilizing the climate and threatening biodiversity. Just as the vast development of technology hastened this cycle of…
The G7 Want to Save the World from Climate Change. But Are They Willing to Pay for It?
The weather forecast is sunny this weekend in Cornwall, the picturesque corner of southwest England that will host the G7 summit from Friday to Sunday. At first glance, the outlook for the climate at the summit seems unusually bright too, with the world’s seven largest advanced economies promising to create a “greener, more prosperous future”…