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AI is the most important civil and human rights issue of our time — HBCUs need to be in the driver’s seat

It will either become a force for extraordinary human flourishing, or it will entrench existing hierarchies in ways that may prove impossible to undo.

By Chris Hyams and Meme StylesMarch 11, 2026
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How the ultrawealthy use smartphone apps to avoid millions in taxes
By Jose AtilesMarch 11, 2026
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AI can double output. Human biology can’t
By Scott HutchesonMarch 10, 2026
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The AI risk that few organizations are governing
By Raj SharmaMarch 10, 2026
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Something will cause inflation to go up this year, but it’s not oil
By Steve H. Hanke and John GreenwoodMarch 9, 2026
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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the Republican Members Issues Conference at Trump National Doral Miami on March 9, 2026 in Doral, Florida.
EnergyThe fog of war is coming from inside the White House—and it cost oil markets $84 million in 10 minutes
By Eva RoytburgMarch 11, 2026
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SuccessMacKenzie Scott gave away more than $7 billion last year—but her secretive style got her snubbed from a top donors list
By Sydney LakeMarch 11, 2026
NewslettersWhy Levi’s turned a hackathon idea into an AI tool for store employees to make denim shopping easier
By John KellMarch 11, 2026
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Middle EastThe Strait of Hormuz isn’t totally closed. Meet the ‘shadow fleet’
By Charles Edward Gehrke and The ConversationMarch 11, 2026
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EconomyThe $38.9 trillion national debt is costing you thousands of extra dollars per year on your mortgage. Here’s how it adds up
By Jake AngeloMarch 11, 2026
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SuccessBlackRock is splashing $100 million on training plumbers, electricians, and HVAC technicians as its CEO flags a skilled trade worker shortage
By Preston ForeMarch 11, 2026
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SuccessApple CEO Tim Cook says his late predecessor Steve Jobs gave him this unusual advice when he handed over the reins: ‘Never ask what I would do’
By Emma BurleighMarch 11, 2026
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EnergyThe IEA is releasing a record 400 million barrels of emergency oil. It may not be enough
By The Associated Press, Samuel Petrequin and Kirsten GrieshaberMarch 11, 2026
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Entrepreneurs David Sinkinson (left) and his brother Chris (right).
CommentaryHow we built our bootstrapped startup different and sold it for $40M. (Hint: We ignored some myths)
By David SinkinsonAugust 5, 2024
CommentaryWomen will soon have more money than men for the first time in history—and they’re following the MacKenzie Scott and Melinda Gates playbook
By Sara LomelinAugust 5, 2024
Forrest Zischkau, student at Pittsburgh Institute of Aeronautics.
CommentaryI’m a Gen Zer and attended college for nearly 3 years before realizing trade school was right for me
By Forrest ZischkauAugust 5, 2024
CommentarySteve Jobs was wrong. Finding work that you love might be the worst thing you can do
By Christopher Wong Michaelson and Jennifer Tosti-KharasAugust 5, 2024
MagazineAre we headed for a massive AI hangover? It’s a $600 billion question that needs to be addressed
By Alyson ShontellAugust 5, 2024
CommentaryTeens are getting colorectal cancer at unprecedented rates—but a little-known IRA provision is blocking new lifesaving treatments
By Michael SapienzaAugust 2, 2024
CommentaryFed Chair Jerome Powell is trying to explain away the inflation rollercoaster—but money supply is absent from his script
By John Greenwood and Steve H. HankeAugust 2, 2024
CommentarySimone Biles has really destigmatized mental health leave for millions of women
By Jennifer BirdsallAugust 2, 2024
TechMeta, Microsoft, and Google blew blinding amounts of AI smoke during earnings—here’s what we actually learned
By Alexei OreskovicAugust 1, 2024
Heather Shoemaker, CEO of Language I/O
CommentaryBiases in AI chatbots pose a risk to my real-time translation startup. Diversity and inclusion help us fight them
By Heather ShoemakerJuly 31, 2024
CommentaryVenezuela’s Nicolas Maduro proves Milton Friedman right, 60 years later
By Benjamin PowellJuly 31, 2024
CommentaryThe ‘Trump Dump’ is back—and the stocks that he targets are crashing
By Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Whitney Tilson and Steven TianJuly 30, 2024
Angela Fitch. cofounder and chief medical officer of knownwell.
CommentaryI’m an obesity medicine doctor and I’ve been on weight-loss drugs like Ozempic for a decade. Here’s why I think they aren’t a fad
By Angela FitchJuly 30, 2024
CommentaryThe rise of Kamala Harris proves Indian-Americans’ winning bet on assimilation is paying off
By Vivek WadhwaJuly 30, 2024
CommentaryAI cannot replace software engineers—take it from someone who fought to become one and now helps others pursue the career
By Winston TangJuly 30, 2024
CommentaryParis Saint-Denis and London Stratford tell a tale of two difficult suburbs transformed by the Olympic Games
By Gavin PooleJuly 30, 2024
CommentaryRichard Attias: ‘We don’t need to rely exclusively on Western countries to level up the less developed ones’
By Richard AttiasJuly 29, 2024
CommentaryTrump and Vance shouldn’t give in to European-style labor regulation
By Liya PalagashviliJuly 29, 2024
Commentary40% of the world’s water needs will go unmet by 2030 as desalination tech plateaus
By Anousheh AnsariJuly 26, 2024
CommentaryHarris and Trump need to seduce politically fluid Gen Z ‘Tinder singles’ to win
By Matt Canter and Sara FagenJuly 26, 2024
CommentaryAn intergenerational epidemic is bubbling beneath America’s maternal mental health crisis
By Shama RathiJuly 26, 2024
CommentaryForget the pundits and polls—internet prediction markets anticipated Biden’s withdrawal weeks ago
By Alex TapscottJuly 25, 2024
CommentaryHow Americans can stay safe at the Paris Olympics amid global threats, according to top security experts
By Andrew Borene and Peter FordJuly 25, 2024
CommentaryAsia’s productivity is lagging behind. Generative AI—and the region’s digital edge—can help close the gap
By Patrick Winter and Sooyeon KimJuly 24, 2024
CommentaryPrivate equity is devouring the economy as boomer entrepreneurs exit—but a new approach to employee ownership can change that
By Bill FotschJuly 24, 2024
CommentaryAI could become the ‘new steel’ as overcapacity risk goes unnoticed
By Susan Ariel AaronsonJuly 24, 2024
CommentaryAI could be the best long-term disinflationary force in a challenging global economy
By Sowmyanarayan SampathJuly 23, 2024
CommentaryBiden follows a long line of Western leaders who voluntarily surrendered power at the end of a ‘heroic journey,’ says the author of The Hero’s Farewell
By Jeffrey SonnenfeldJuly 23, 2024
CommentaryThe global M&A market’s big-deal bravado is losing steam as rates stay high in 2024
By Lucinda GuthrieJuly 23, 2024
CommentaryHow people and Gen AI can work together to grow the economy
By Manish SharmaJuly 22, 2024
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