Ugandans head to the polls on Thursday for presidential elections with President Yoweri Museveni seeking to extend his 40 years in power amid repression and internet blackouts....
Middle managers are taking on more direct reports after the "Great Flattening." dowell/Getty Images The average number of reports for managers is increasing as the "Great Flattening" p...
Tyler Le/BI A few years ago, HR practitioner T. Tara Turk-Haynes hired yoga instructors and meditation gurus to help employees handle burnout at the media company where she worked. She's not doing any...
A police complaint against one of Indonesia’s best-known comedians has reignited debate over satire, blasphemy and free expression in the world’s third-largest democracy. The case involves 46-year-old...
Naomi Osaka plays at the Australian Open 2026. Robert Prange/Getty Images Naomi Osaka's tense Australian Open handshake and post-match interview sparked debate over competitive women. In high-stakes e...
François Picard welcomes Venezuelan author Vicente Ulive‑Schnell who offers a thoughtful assessment of recent geopolitical developments in Venezuela, following the US military operation, and the reali...
The United States on Thursday said Iran halted 800 executions of protesters under pressure from President Donald Trump, after Gulf allies appeared to pull him back from military action over Tehran's d...
François Picard welcomes Norwegian-Iranian neuroscientist Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam, Director of Iran Human Rights NGO. He offers a rare quantified data-driven-account of fatalities in the current Irani...
Amnesty International Iran Researcher Raha Bahreini paints a harrowing portrait of a nation under siege by its own government. Amid an internet blackout, reports of systemic, indiscriminate violence h...
Catherine Viette welcomes Kim Aris, son of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, who bears witness to the fraught political landscape of Myanmar five years after the 2021 military coup. Mr. Ari...
François Picard is pleased to welcome independent journalist Laura Jadid sharing a piercing exposé of systemic dysfunction, ethical erosion, and authoritarianism blossoming in the US. In an era marked...
People are taking to Instagram to reminisce 2016 in all its fishnet-stocking glory. Melodie Jeng/Getty Images 2016 is so back — at least on Instagram. Millennials are putting up pictures of them...
Rural hospital closures limit healthcare for millions of Americans. Thomas Northcut/Getty Images Over `100 rural hospitals have closed since 2005, making it hard for millions to access healthcare. ERs...
The author moved from the US to Wales 15 years ago. Courtesy of the author Moving overseas meant living far from my mom for most of my adult life. Staying close across an ocean takes effort, grief, an...
Jean-Philippe Riopy at his piano Courtesy of Greg Williams At 18, Jean-Philippe Rio-Py escaped a brutal cult that wrecked his childhood. He suffered hardship in his 20s and early 30s, but was determin...
Today’s episode of Decoder is about X, Grok, and Elon Musk. By now we’re several weeks into one of the worst, most upsetting, and most stupidly irresponsible AI controversies in the short history of g...
From left: Barbara Face pictured as a teenager when she first started drinking, at the height of her alcoholism, and sober, as she is today. Courtesy of Barbara Face Barbara Face began drinking at 14 ...
America's hospitals are dropping their labor and delivery services. skaman306/Getty Images 60% of rural counties offered no labor and delivery services in 2023, a new report found. Many pregnant patie...
Steve Zeringue, Mfonsio Andrew, and Campbell Morrison don't subscribe to the "get offline" mentality. Steve Zeringue; Mfonsio Andrew; Campbell Morrison. Forget dumbphones and digital detoxes; ...
Universal basic income provides recurring cash payments, no strings attached. Wong Yu Liang AI advances could widen wealth gaps, which has prompted calls for a universal basic income . UBI offers recu...