I was a foodie with a boring day job who figured he could run a restaurant. Then I encountered rats, endless red tape, crippling costs and debt-induced meltdowns, started popping sleeping pills, lost my house, and nearly sabotaged my marriage
He’s trusted to repair some of the world’s most fabled — and expensive — instruments. How does John Becker manage to unlock the sound of a Stradivarius?
By: Jonathan Eig   |   The Atlantic   |   Oct 2014
Anticipating the challenges the pill would face, the biologist heading the project chose for his partner a doctor who was well-liked, good-looking, and, most importantly, Catholic.
By: Deena Shanker   |   Bloomberg   |   Jan 2023
Beyond Meat and Impossible Foods wanted to upend the world’s $1 trillion meat industry. But plant-based meat is turning out to be a flop.
The recent spike in shoplifting is both overblown and real. And almost everyone is profiting from it (including you).
By: Derek Thompson   |   The New York Times   |   June 2022
Unpredictable violence, chaotic outbursts and countless trips to the emergency room. What happens when an autistic teenager becomes unmanageable at home?
By: Cam Simpson, Akshat Rathi & Saijel Kishan   |   Bloomberg   |   Dec 2021
MSCI, the largest ESG rating company, doesn’t even try to measure the impact of a corporation on the world. It’s all about whether the world might mess with the bottom line.
A list of boys “to look out for” appeared on a high-school bathroom wall last fall. The story of one of them.
By: Martin Luther King Jr.   |   Self-Published   |   April 1963
'But more basically, I am in Birmingham because injustice is here.'
The legal world is slowly accepting that age 18—or 21—is not a magical moment of “adult” brain maturity. Are we ready for what that means?