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Tech
America could learn a thing or two from Germany if it wants to figure out how to solve its manufacturing labor shortage
By Amitrajeet A. Batabyal and The ConversationJanuary 13, 2023
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Health
Married men are healthier than everyone else. Here’s why they get the best end of the deal.
By Libby Richards, Melissa Franks, Rosie Shrout and The ConversationJanuary 13, 2023
Jeff Beck
Health
Rock legend Jeff Beck died suddenly of bacterial meningitis. Here’s what that is and how to protect yourself from it.
By Rebecca A. Drummond and The ConversationJanuary 13, 2023
A mother and her newborn.
Personal Finance
A decades-long broken economy screwed over millennials, and their decision to delay having kids is fueling America’s historically low birth rate
By Sarah Hayford, Karen Benjamin Guzzo and The ConversationJanuary 12, 2023
Stressed student
Success
College students who have jobs are much less likely to graduate than their privileged peers, shocking study finds
By Walter G. Ecton, Celeste K. Carruthers and The ConversationJanuary 11, 2023
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Europe
How COVID changed supply chains forever, according to a distinguished professor in the field who’s studied them for the last 2 decades
By Nada R. Sanders and The ConversationJanuary 11, 2023
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Finance
Why the labor movement isn’t close to a real turning point, according to a labor scholar who looked at the last 40 years of strikes
By Marick Masters and The ConversationJanuary 5, 2023
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Success
Corporate America is actually solving the labor shortage—and people it originally snubbed are the reason why
By Adia Harvey Wingfield and The ConversationJanuary 5, 2023
Troy Aikman and Joe Buck
Lifestyle
I’m a professor of sports journalism, and ESPN really did the best they could with Damar Hamlin’s horrific injury on ‘Monday Night Football’
By Nicole Kraft and The ConversationJanuary 5, 2023
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Health
90% of people with long COVID initially had mild symptoms, according to study of 1.2 million people in over 20 countries
By Sarah Wulf Hanson and The ConversationJanuary 5, 2023
Factory
Commentary
America has a huge manufacturing labor shortage—and its education system is nowhere close to plugging the gap
By Tony Schmitz and The ConversationJanuary 4, 2023
A woman operating a machine.
Tech
The next generation of machines has arrived but America may not have the workers to operate them
By Tony Schmitz and The ConversationJanuary 4, 2023
Two women having a conversation.
Lifestyle
‘Whisper networks’ about sexual harassment thrive because formal methods of reporting are traumatizing—and often don’t work
By Carrie Ann Johnson and The ConversationJanuary 4, 2023
A woman with her hands over her face who is working in a home office.
Health
Employees are fighting hard to keep working remotely—but it can come with a high emotional cost. 4 experts break down how to stay sane
By Brittany Lambert, Brianna Barker Caza, Erin Reid, Susan Ashford and The ConversationJanuary 4, 2023
Elon Musk
Tech
Social media platforms like Twitter and Facebook have been skating by on an obscure federal law for years. 2 experts see a huge change coming
By Robert Kozinets, Jon Pfeiffer and The ConversationJanuary 4, 2023
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