How To Know if Your Emotional Intelligence Is Doing You a Disservice
While your IQ and technical skills might have helped you earn high test scores, your emotional intelligence (aka “emotional quotient” or “EQ”) might be even more vital for establishing successful personal and professional relationships. The term, coined by researchers Peter Salovey and John Mayer in 1990, refers to the ability to understand and manage your […]
NY AG Letitia James announces DoorDash will pay delivery workers $17 million for using tips to cover wages
The ubiquitous food delivery app DoorDash will pay almost $17 million to settle claims that it unfairly used customer tips to subsidize the wages of its delivery workers in New York, rather than letting drivers keep the tips on top of their guaranteed pay, Attorney General Letitia James said Monday. James said DoorDash used the wage model between May […]
Judge rejects immediately restoring AP’s access to White House but urges government to reconsider
A federal judge on Monday refused to immediately order the White House to restore The Associated Press’ access to presidential events, saying the news organization had not demonstrated it had suffered any irreparable harm. But he urged the Trump administration to reconsider its two-week-old ban, saying that case law “is uniformly unhelpful to the White […]
Come ‘Beyond the Gates’ for the first Black-led soap opera — the first new network soap in decades
The first thing viewers of “Beyond the Gates” see is a black Mercedes gliding past manicured lawns and stately estates. The sedan pulls up at an elegant country club and the valets come out. The Emotions’ funky tune “Best of My Love” is playing. That car and the glamorous woman behind the wheel are driving into TV […]
How AI Tools Are Interfering With the Hiring Process
AI was supposed to streamline hiring, but has it done the opposite? A global study led by Columbia Business School professors suggests that artificial intelligence is blurring the lines between skilled and unskilled candidates, leaving recruiters struggling to make the right choices. AI has become a core hiring tool in recent years, refining how employers […]
Elon Musk renews threat to fire federal workers despite pushback from various agencies
Elon Musk is vowing yet again to fire any federal workers who don’t respond to an email asking them to list five things they accomplished last week. Just after 7 p.m. EST — hours after the U.S. Office of Personnel Management had directed agencies that responses to its email were optional — Musk again threatened federal workers in […]
Joy Reid’s final sign off on MSNBC’s ‘The ReidOut’: ‘You don’t always win every battle, but the whole thing is about resisting’
Joy Reid signed off from “The ReidOut” for the final time tonight, marking the end of her evening broadcast on MSNBC. Over the weekend, the network made the shocking announcement that it was canceling her show, leaving fans across social media stunned. Still, Reid approached her last episode on Monday, Feb. 24, with her signature […]
