Digital Gems

Corporate consolidation is squeezing our economy

Back-alley firms meddle in elections and promote falsehoods on behalf of clients who can claim deniability, escalating our era of unreality.

A new study analyzing hundreds of aerial readings of emissions above the forest canopy found that forest regions in the southeast were most affected.

The City Observatory is a study of modern-day cities and urban development practices.

ADUs are small housing structures that share a lot with a traditional, single-family home.

'Things are going in the wrong direction for buyers,' the report author wrote.

Flooding is becoming worse due to the climate crisis. But the risk doesn’t affect us all equally. A report released by the real estate brokerage firm Redfin this week shows that formerly redlined areas are more vulnerable to the threat of floods.

A new study shows that poor communities and communities of color are exposed to higher temperatures all across the U.S.

Stop using the worst-case scenario for climate warming as the most likely outcome — more-realistic baselines make for better policy.

On this episode of Now & Then, “Projecting America at the Olympics,” Heather and Joanne frame the current Tokyo Olympics alongside historical examples of American cultural diplomacy. They trace efforts to appeal to France in the Revolutionary Period, the rise of World’s Fairs, and the controversies that accompanied Jesse Owens’ 1936 Olympics dominance in Berlin and the 1968 Black Power salute by medalists Tommie Smith and John Carlos. What do these earlier negotiations say about American self-definition, particularly given the contemporary Olympics controversy over Simone Biles’ decision to withdraw from portions of the gymnastics competition?

How the Brazilian butt lift, one of the world’s most dangerous plastic surgery procedures, went mainstream.

The Biden administration has made large investments in care work—both child care and elder care—key planks in its American Jobs Plan (AJP) and American Families Plan (AFP). These investments would be transformative, and a greater public role in providing this care work can make the U.S. economy fairer and more efficient. The administration has also…

A new Yale study shows that limited upward mobility has serious consequences on the life expectancy of young adults, particularly among Black males.

Why is English spelling so weird and unpredictable? Don’t blame the mix of languages; look to quirks of timing and technology

In the first half of 2021, the former president raised far more money online than any other Republican, federal records show. But his team claimed he had raised more than he actually did.

Some have been used in hospitals, despite not being properly tested. But the pandemic could help make medical AI better.

When employees are paid more, they give more. Going above market pay might sound like a fantasy, but in a growing number of companies it’s becoming a profitable reality. Peek inside workplaces that have reinvented their pay structures to give employees their worth and more—and explore the science of how it can pay off for everyone in the long run.

People are finally paying attention to mental health at work, but some major myths are holding us back. Adam breaks down what we get wrong about mental health at work, what individuals and organizations can do to start getting it right, and why we all need compassion more than empathy. Thanks to our guests Demar Derozan, Sally Maitlis, Darlene Upton and Paul Bloom for joining us on this episode.

Predatory Inclusion and What To Do Now

The executive director of Tulsa Remote asks (and answers): “What is the remote worker owed? And, to what extent, if at all, are remote workers different from their office-bound counterparts?”

Events such as flooding and hurricanes seem to encourage high-end construction rather than deter it, real estate agents say. | realestate.boston.com

Over the past year billionaire wealth has reached record highs. Now comes the real estate boom as they blow their newly-earned cash on $10 million-plus properties.

Mortgage rates are falling back to historic lows, giving homeowners another opportunity to refinance.

A variant discovered in Colombia is now showing up in South Florida hospitals. Time and vaccination efforts will determine how quickly it could spread, experts say.

On this episode, we dive into the changing conversation about race and ethnicity in medicine. We hear stories about why it’s harder for Black Americans to get kidney transplants, why “Asian” is too broad of a category when it comes to public health, and how we could collect better, more meaningful data.

Cutting carbon emissions to zero in the next 30 years would save about 74 million lives this century, a new analysis estimates.

Yes, even for healthy people.