Blog/Commentary
How to Choose Dividend Stocks for Retirement. And 12 Picks Wall Street Pros Like to Get Started. | Barron's
I'm quoted in this Barrons article: As more investors look to devote a portion of their nest eggs to the steady income that can come from dividend payers, financial pros share how to diversify holdings, seek downturn-resistant companies, and do due diligence on fundamentals.
Responsible Investing
The SEC is set to announce historic climate disclosure rules : NPR
The SEC is expected on Monday to propose new requirements for companies to disclose their greenhouse gas emissions and risks to their businesses from climate change.
Markets & Economy
Climate Change
Underwater Permafrost Is a Big, Gassy Wild Card for the Climate | WIRED
You’ve probably heard of permafrost, the frozen carbon-rich land. But it’s also thawing under the sea, burping up planet-warming gases.
Culture
A new hotline offers pep talks from kindergartners : NPR
What started as an art project at a California elementary school has gone viral. The free hotline offers wise advice and encouraging messages from kids to anyone who calls.
Cormac McCarthy to Publish Two New Novels - The New York Times
One of my favorite writers! This fall, Knopf will publish two interlinked books that are a thematic and stylistic departure for the Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist.
Ernest Shackleton’s ship Endurance found off coast of Antarctica | Antarctica | The Guardian
Expedition team locates wreckage of explorer’s ship which sank in Weddell Sea in 1915
Victims of the opioid crisis formally confront the Sackler family : NPR
The Sacklers, who own Purdue Pharma, maker of Oxycontin, have maintained they did nothing wrong. People who lost loved ones and years of their lives to opioid addiction believe otherwise.
The painful, cutting and brilliant letters Black people wrote to their former enslavers - The Washington Post
These letters from Black Americans to the people who once controlled their lives show a desire for freedom and a desperate longing to be reunited with their families.
How former Labor Secretary Robert Reich got TikTok-famous
The 75-year-old Berkeley professor says the platform helps him reach younger audiences. “If their minds open for even just an instant, it’s an opportunity.”