When your only measure of success is validation from others, you can find yourself climbing a career ladder that you never wanted to be on in the first place. What if, instead of defining success through job titles and third-party accolades, we redefined our own views of what it means

Since wildfires broke out in Los Angeles, destroying nearly everything in their path, 11 people have died, and authorities expect the death toll to rise. At least three of the victims are Black and had lived in Altadena, a historic Black neighborhood that was just ravaged by the wildfires. Among

With levels of sooty air pollution far too high across swaths of the Los Angeles area, Dana Benton is sleeping with a mask on, even with her air purifier running. “My car was just covered in ash, and it’s just disgusting to think that we could be inhaling that,” the

Even though wedding rings are their specialty, you won’t find much—if any—gold at the Honest Hands Ring Co. workshop in Morrison, Colorado. What you might find, instead, are drawers full of shark teeth, mammoth tusks, fossilized plants, offcuts from wedding dresses, splinters from treasured log cabins, antlers, feathers, high school

The Supreme Court on Friday seemed likely to uphold a law that would ban TikTok in the United States beginning Jan. 19 unless the popular social media program is sold by its China-based parent company. Hearing arguments in a momentous clash of free speech and national security concerns, the justices seemed persuaded by arguments

A recent report from the World Economic Forum has unveiled a sobering outlook on the future of work and the growing influence of AI in our professional domains: 41% of employers worldwide plan to cut jobs as AI begins mass automating tasks over the next decade. Highlighting a shift many

After officially being sentenced on Friday by a New York court, Donald Trump will enter the White House on Jan. 20 by making history as the first convicted felon to serve as president of the United States. The president-elect quickly aimed to change the narrative after the sentencing from Judge

Black physicians, who make up roughly 5.7% of the medical field, may become even rarer. According to a new report published on Thursday by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC ), enrollment in medical schools for Black and Hispanic students plummeted last year. The report’s data shows that Black

Meta, the social media company that owns Facebook and Instagram, has moved to eliminate sweeping diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies, continuing a recent pattern of business decisions by CEO Mark Zuckerberg in what critics say is a cowing to President-elect Donald Trump and his MAGA conservative takeover of American

As historic wildfires blaze a path of destruction across Los Angeles County in California, hundreds of incarcerated firefighters have been deployed to help battle the flames. Since the fires began on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2024, they have burned through more than 35,000 acres of land. After initially sending 395 firefighters