Blog/Commentary
Committed to Sustainable Investing? What to Ask Your Adviser | Kiplinger
My latest article in Kiplinger: Don’t be shy about asking your adviser tough questions. You don’t want to find out after the fact that your portfolio isn’t as responsible as you thought it was.
Travel
Photography
Photos of the Week: Fire Bull, Lava Flow, Ice Cave - The Atlantic
A shark-monitoring drone at a New York beach, a raging wildfire in Canada, a fossilized plesiosaur in New York City, historic flooding in Vermont, and much more
Responsible Investing
What AT&T and Verizon Knew About Toxic Lead Cables - WSJ
For decades, telecom companies have known that lead in their networks posed risks to workers and could leach into the environment.
Media
He Pushed the New York Times to Buy Wordle. Now He Has to Make Sports Work. - WSJ
David Perpich, cousin of Times publisher A.G. Sulzberger, was an architect of the subscriber bundle of games, a cooking app, the Wirecutter and sports-media site the Athletic.
Markets & Economy
Is a Recession Coming? Better Check Men’s Underwear Sales. | Barron's
Economists track a variety of unusual indicators that measure everyday trends. Here's what six indicators are saying now.
Climate Change
Floods, fires and deadly heat are the alarm bells of a planet on the brink - The Washington Post
Massive floods. Record heat. Extreme ocean temperatures. Forest fires burning out of control. Climate alarm bells are ringing all over the planet.
Health/Biotech
Who Employs Your Doctor? Increasingly, a Private Equity Firm. - The New York Times
A new study finds that private equity firms own more than half of all specialists in certain U.S. markets.
Transportation
How China Came to Dominate the World’s Largest Nickel Source for Electric Cars - WSJ
Across Indonesia, new industrial plants are going up to process chunks of nickel ore for use in electric-car batteries. Five years ago, there were none.
Science
Lightning Can Strike, but It Can’t Hide From a ESA Satellite - The New York Times
A powerful new European weather orbiter’s cameras capture lightning in near real-time at day or night across more than 80 percent of the world’s surface.
Culture
HGTV is making our homes boring and us sad, one study says - The Washington Post
A pair of professors found that HGTV and other home renovation media lead homeowners to decorate for the masses, not for their own happiness.