Ask any high performer at the top of their game what success looks like, and you’ll usually hear a version of this: growth, impact, influence, performance. But behind closed doors—when the KPIs are ...

One of the most impactful influences in my life was my grandmother. She would often say the most powerful thing you can do in life is to make a decision. Six years ago, at 38, I decided to pursue an ...

This post is addressed to the folks on U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris’ staff. During the recent 2023 Essence Festival of Culture, the Vice President was asked how she defined “culture.” Here is her ...

As life-preserving medical technology advanced in the second half of the 20th century, doctors and families were faced with a thorny decision, one with weighty legal and moral implications: How should ...

The word “woke” has become polarizing. Project 2025, the mandate for conservative leadership, mentioned it thirty-five times, ...

There was a time when Urban Dictionary felt essential. Twenty-six years ago, when then-college freshman Aaron Peckham founded ...

Wokeness seems like what former Supreme Court Associate Justice Potter Stewart said about pornography, "I know it when I see it." A lot of people, mostly but not always Republicans, are seeing a "woke ...

Yesterday, we asked industry leaders to describe programmatic buying – and today we explore programmatic selling. Publishers are reviewing and implementing solutions that address opportunities around ...

The print edition of Merriam-Webster was once a touchstone of authority and stability. Then the internet brought about a ...

The idea of a species is fundamental to the way that many people understand the structure of life on Earth. But ask 10 specialists how they define the concept and you might get 10 answers. In this ...