America’s Empty Offices Are Becoming Homes as Developers Turn a Post-Pandemic Problem Into Opportunity
The post-pandemic collapse in demand for traditional office space is creating an unexpected opportunity in some of America’s largest cities: turning underused commercial buildings into places where people actually live. Remote and hybrid work fundamentally altered the economics of downtown office districts. Millions of employees who once commuted five days a week now spend significantly […]
Amazon’s Record Growth Collides With a Troubling Reality: Thousands of Workers Still Depend on Food Assistance
Amazon has become one of the most financially powerful corporations in American history, but new government data is drawing attention to a striking contradiction: thousands of its employees still rely on public assistance to afford food and healthcare. A recent Government Accountability Office analysis found that across 11 states examined, 12,346 Amazon employees received benefits […]
How hot can the US-Canada trade war get?
The US-Canada trade war has escalated rapidly, rupturing what was once one of the world’s closest economic partnerships. But the conflict is a mismatch, with the $31 trillion US economy roughly 13 times larger than Canada’s, raising questions about the limits of Prime Minister Mark Carney’s defiance. Experts say if Carney sticks with targeted retaliation, […]
More Than 1,000 Forgotten Children Found in Graves Linked to America’s Early Youth Prisons
A sweeping new investigation has uncovered more than 1,000 graves belonging to children who died while in state custody, revealing a largely forgotten chapter in the history of America’s juvenile justice system. Researchers with Georgetown University’s Forgotten Children Initiative have identified at least 40 burial sites connected to former youth prisons and reform institutions across […]
Katie Miller’s Attacks on Leading AI Companies Draw Scrutiny Over Her Financial Stake in Rival xAI
Conservative podcaster and former government adviser Katie Miller is facing scrutiny over her extensive criticism of major artificial-intelligence companies after financial disclosures revealed that she owns a substantial stake in Elon Musk’s xAI, one of their most important competitors. According to data, Miller spent roughly nine months repeatedly criticizing ChatGPT, OpenAI, Anthropic’s Claude and Google’s […]
NIL Millions Are Turning College Football Stars Into Luxury Homeowners Before They Turn Pro
College athletes once typically spent their university years in dormitories, shared apartments or inexpensive housing near campus. Today, the explosion of Name, Image and Likeness (NIL) compensation is creating a radically different reality for some of college football’s biggest stars: they are earning enough money to purchase expensive homes before ever becoming professional athletes. The […]
Kura Spins Out $50 Million Diabetes Biotech to Pursue a Potentially Disease-Changing Treatment
Kura Oncology is taking technology originally developed around cancer biology into the enormous diabetes market, launching a new company called Caspian Therapeutics with $50 million in financing to investigate whether menin inhibitors can restore the body’s ability to produce insulin. The scientific idea behind Caspian could represent an important departure from many existing diabetes treatments. […]
Missouri’s Redistricting War Throws the Midterms Into Turmoil as Trump-Backed Map Faces Court Defeat
Missouri has become the center of an extraordinary legal and political battle over congressional redistricting, as courts clash over whether the state can use a Republican-drawn map backed by President Donald Trump in the November midterm elections. The dispute is part of a much broader national struggle over control of the U.S. House. Republicans currently […]
Washington Takes a Direct Stake in America’s Quantum Future With $300 Million Technology Bet
The U.S. government is taking an unusually direct role in the race for quantum-computing leadership, investing $300 million in three major quantum companies while receiving minority ownership stakes in each of them. Under agreements finalized through the CHIPS and Science Act, the Commerce Department will provide up to $100 million each to D-Wave Quantum, Rigetti […]
George Lucas Reinvents the Art Museum by Putting Star Wars, Comics and Van Gogh on Equal Ground
The long-awaited Lucas Museum of Narrative Art is preparing to open in Los Angeles with an unusually ambitious mission: challenge the traditional hierarchy separating prestigious “fine art” from illustration, comics, cinema, popular culture and other forms of visual storytelling. Founded by filmmaker George Lucas and Mellody Hobson, the roughly $1-billion museum will open September 22 […]
