'America's greatest gift to Israel'

Tech Insider : Politics
A collage of Al Schwimmer
Without Al Schwimmer's aid to Israel, there would be no Israeli Air Force — and maybe no Israel.

Klawe Rzeczy for BI

The surprising change that's supercharging American productivity

Tech Insider : Economy
Illustration of a worker stacking bricks.
The recent uptick in worker productivity is great news for companies, consumers worried about inflation, the US economy, and even the stock market

Alex Nabaum for BI

Ambition was my friend. Then it turned on me.

Tech Insider : Economy
Illustration of a person being overwhelmed by the phones.
My ambition helped me get into a great college, start a successful newsletter, and do a fellowship at Oxford. But it came with a cost.

Sophi Gullbrants for BI

One muggy night in the summer of 2021, I found myself livestreaming a panic attack on Instagram.

America's economy is being wildly mismeasured

Tech Insider : Economy, Politics
A stock line as the neck of an ostrich in the ground
The surveys and polls that help us understand the lived experience of Americans are getting less reliable.

Chris Gash for BI

When was the last time you picked up a phone call from an unknown number?

Why America's hospitals are on life support

Tech Insider
A loan shark about to eat a hospital

Anson Chan for BI

In community after community, the hospitals keep closing. In 2018, it was Northside Regional Medical Center in Youngstown, Ohio.

America has descended into a new Red Scare

Tech Insider : Economy, Politics
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The backlash in Green Charter represents something seldom seen since the Red Scare: a quasi-militant, homegrown resistance to the perceived threat of communism at home.

Matt Harrison Clough for BI

If Trump is reelected, Americans are planning to flee in droves

Tech Insider : Politics, Politics
Photo illustration of a man with luggage and a Canadian flag in the background.
After November, Europe could well become what Canada was for draft dodgers during the Vietnam War: a political asylum for Americans fed up with their own country.

Prostock-Studio/Getty Images; Jenny Chang-Rodriguez/BI

One woman saw the Great Recession coming. Wall Street's boys club ignored her.

Tech Insider : Economy, Politics
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As chair of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Brooksley Born saw the financial crisis coming. But no one listened.

Andrius Banelis for BI

This is an excerpt adapted from "WOMEN MONEY POWER: The Rise and Fall of Economic Equality."

'Something has gone very wrong': the truth about DEI

Tech Insider : Economy
Photo collage featuring a diverse group of employees: a businessman walking with a briefcase, a black woman in a wheelchair reading from an iPad, and a rear-view of a woman wearing a hijab surrounded by bar charts and circles
Diversity, equity, and inclusion programs are under attack. But DEI is crucial for a better America.

Getty Images; Alyssa Powell/BI

Gen Z is living with their parents to save money. But it's going to cost them, big time.

Tech Insider : Economy
A young woman standing in front of a house
Like millennials, Gen Z is living with their parents well into their 20s. But in the long run, it may not be a good idea.

iStock; Rebecca Zisser/BI

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