Adam Grant on lessons from the pandemic, datum versus data, and how abstract numbers can lead to very real human outcomes

In this excerpt from the new book 'Speak Data,' the Wharton professor and best-selling author shares his thoughts on how we ...
Opinion
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Aging in Trump’s America Is an Obstacle Course of Indignities

As strand by strand of the safety net is plucked away until it’s shredded, aging in America is a fearful and destructive business. And Donald Trump doesn’t care.

The government shutdown is over, but things are not back to normal

By Jeremy Herb, Tami Luhby, Sunlen Serfaty, René Marsh, Alexandra Skores, Ella Nilsen, Marshall C(CNN) — The government shutdown is over. But hundreds of thousands of federal workers are coming back ...

Shutdown Over, but the Real Market Test Begins

The shutdown dominated headlines, but the market impact of the shutdown itself is secondary. The true market catalyst is the information vacuum it created — and the fact that vacuum is about to be ...
Pew Research Center

If the U.S. had 100 people: Charting Americans’ religious affiliations

If the U.S. had 100 people, 62 would be Christians, including 40 Protestants, 19 Catholics, two Latter-day Saints and two who identify with other Christian groups.