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Older adults are heading back to school and represent the ‘new majority student’ as they seek up-skilling or a career change

“I think this is tied to access. Many of our learners, not all of them, haven’t imagined themselves in any kind of higher education, post-secondary education environment.”

By Cheyanne Mumphrey and The Associated PressFebruary 22, 2026
Businessmen shaking hands across the table
Not all degrees are a waste of time: MBA graduates from Harvard, MIT, and Wharton are making over $245,000 just three years after graduating
By Preston ForeFebruary 22, 2026
Happy Dutch woman out of work for the day
Forget 40 hours: The Dutch get their work done in just 32 hours a week—and women made it possible
By Emma BurleighFebruary 22, 2026
A millennial manager took her job hunt to Tinder and landed 3 interviews—she says getting a job on the dating app was easier than finding love
By Orianna Rosa RoyleFebruary 22, 2026
Olympic champions like two-time gold medalist Ryan Held (pictured center left) are finding a new start at Goldman Sachs after retiring from sports.
Meet the retired Olympic champions starting second careers at Goldman Sachs with zero financial expertise and no office experience
By Emma BurleighFebruary 22, 2026
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By Maria Paula Mijares Torres and BloombergFebruary 22, 2026
North AmericaU.S. asks citizens in Mexico to shelter after cartel leader killed
By Maria Paula Mijares Torres and BloombergFebruary 22, 2026
EconomyU.S. tells partners to honor tariff deals as Trump regroups
By Catherine Lucey and BloombergFebruary 22, 2026
PoliticsTrump threatens Netflix with ‘consequences’ over Rice board seat
By Sam Kim and BloombergFebruary 22, 2026
EconomyThe Russian economy is now eating itself to death as Putin’s war on Ukraine destroys future capacity, former central bank adviser says
By Jason MaFebruary 22, 2026
Middle EastNew round of U.S.-Iran nuclear talks to start Thursday as Trump assembles largest military presence in Mideast in decades
By Jon Gambrell and The Associated PressFebruary 22, 2026
PoliticsTrump tried to troll Greenland’s free public health care system with U.S. Navy hospital ships still in dock. ‘It’s a no thank you from here,’ PM says
By Jamey Keaten, Konstantin Toropin and The Associated PressFebruary 22, 2026
North AmericaMexican army kills top drug kingpin ‘El Mencho’ and several others, prompting airlines to suspend flights to Puerto Vallarta
By Fabiola Sánchez and The Associated PressFebruary 22, 2026
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CommentaryA decade ago, I had a front row seat as Jesse Jackson held big tech firms accountable for being overwhelmingly white and male
By Brennan Nevada JohnsonFebruary 22, 2026
SuccessAt 61, this major insurance CEO works out 6 days a week with his 23-year-old son—he picks his brain for a Gen Z perspective while lifting weights
By Orianna Rosa RoyleFebruary 22, 2026
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Success40% of Stanford undergrads receive disability accommodations—but it’s become a college-wide phenomenon as Gen Z try to succeed in the current climate
By Preston ForeFebruary 21, 2026
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CommentaryHow fandom became culture’s power center — and a blueprint for Gen Z’s economic influence
By Reid LitmanFebruary 21, 2026
LawWith Trump’s tariffs deemed illegal by the Supreme Court, Costco stands to win big both financially and on reputation
By Phil WahbaFebruary 20, 2026
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Personal FinanceMeet ‘Your Rich BFF,’ the former JPMorgan trader and TikTok star who wants you to talk about money on the first date
By Adriana Morga and The Associated PressFebruary 20, 2026
Left: Jeff Bezos. Right: Reid Hoffman.
SuccessBillionaire bosses like Jeff Bezos and Reid Hoffman denounce work-life balance—and some think working nonstop is key to success
By Emma BurleighFebruary 20, 2026
Arts & EntertainmentGen Zers and millennials flock to so-called analog islands ‘because so little of their life feels tangible’
By Michael Liedtke and The Associated PressFebruary 20, 2026
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SuccessMark Cuban says AI won’t take your job anytime soon because it still acts like a hungover college intern—with a $100K price tag to show for it
By Preston ForeFebruary 20, 2026
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SuccessFormer Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein says Peter Thiel is wrong: College is worth it because it makes you a ‘complete person’
By Emma BurleighFebruary 20, 2026
SuccessThis math graduate applied to over 1,000 jobs and still didn’t hear back—so he moved to Austria
By Orianna Rosa RoyleFebruary 20, 2026
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CommentaryAre you a ‘hidden millionaire?’
By Joanna RotenbergFebruary 20, 2026
SuccessAmazon’s humble history: Jeff Bezos used a rented garage as an office and held team meetings at a local Barnes & Noble
By Nick LichtenbergFebruary 19, 2026
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SuccessAmazon founder Jeff Bezos reveals his formula for running the perfect meetings to weed out those ‘who pretend to have done the reading’
By Orianna Rosa RoyleFebruary 19, 2026
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Success‘I had to take 60 meetings’: Jeff Bezos says ‘the hardest thing I’ve ever done’ was raising the first million dollars of seed capital for Amazon
By Dave Smith and Fortune EditorsFebruary 19, 2026
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SuccessWarren Buffett becomes the latest billionaire media investor: His company just invested $352 million in the New York Times
By Emma BurleighFebruary 19, 2026
Walmart employee scanning product
SuccessWalmart exec says it’s ‘unfortunate’ that other companies are slashing workforces in the name of AI—it’s offering training to 1.6 million workers instead
By Preston ForeFebruary 19, 2026
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SuccessMacKenzie Scott’s historic $20 million donation to a community college is now mired in controversy amid ongoing investigation
By Sydney LakeFebruary 19, 2026
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SuccessJust 5% of workers have this skill, according to Google, and they’re 4.5 times as likely to have a higher salary
By Preston ForeFebruary 19, 2026
SuccessDespite a $400 million net worth and Hollywood career, Reese Witherspoon tells young people to stop chasing their dreams—and do this instead
By Orianna Rosa RoyleFebruary 19, 2026
At its core, OpenClaw is an autonomous AI agent designed to act as a kind of digital employee,
AIWho is OpenClaw creator Peter Steinberger? The millennial developer caught the attention of Sam Altman and Mark Zuckerberg
By Eva RoytburgFebruary 19, 2026
EnvironmentFlorida animal behaviorists’ “ridiculous idea” to administer eye drops save a Zimbabwean rhino with bleeding eyes
By Cody Jackson, David Fischer and The Associated PressFebruary 18, 2026
C-SuiteJake Paul says a chance meeting with Sam Altman at Trump’s inauguration led to an OpenAI investment and a crash course in ruthless 15-minute meetings
By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezFebruary 18, 2026
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PoliticsJesse Jackson’s enormous legacy includes helping popularize ‘African American’ identity
By Hannah Schoenbaum and The Associated PressFebruary 18, 2026
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SuccessShocked Zillow CEO says even senior hires don’t do their homework for interviews: ‘They’re asking pretty basic questions that you could answer in 10 minutes on Google’
By Emma BurleighFebruary 18, 2026
SuccessOpenAI is paying workers $1.5 million in stock-based compensation on average, the highest of any tech startup in history
By Preston ForeFebruary 18, 2026
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Arts & EntertainmentJesse Jackson turned down a pro baseball contract that paid 6x less than a white player. Here’s how segregation shaped him
By Gibbs Knotts, Christopher A. Cooper and The ConversationFebruary 17, 2026
Ken Goldin, Logan Paul, and a Guinness World Record woman stand with Paul's Pokemon card
SuccessYouTuber Logan Paul cashes in $16.5 million for his rare Pokémon card—more than even he expected. And it proves his point about ‘armchair quarterbacks’ yelling from the sidelines
By Preston ForeFebruary 17, 2026
Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky
SuccessAirbnb CEO says AI is ‘the best thing that ever happened to’ his company—he warns other founders: ‘If you don’t disrupt yourself, someone else will’
By Emma BurleighFebruary 17, 2026
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PoliticsJesse Jackson, civil rights leader and historic presidential candidate, dies at 84
By Sophia Tareen, Nick Lichtenberg and The Associated PressFebruary 17, 2026
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