As people gather across the U.S. to celebrate Juneteenth on Friday, former President Barack Obama’s presidential center is opening its doors to the general public for the first time. Located on a sprawling campus on Chicago’s South Side, the center honoring the nation’s first Black president has been designed to inspire people to make the change they want to see in their own communities. It’s the kind of contemplation that also comes as Americans gather for Juneteenth, which celebrates the end of slavery in the U.S. The holiday marks June 19, 1865, when Union troops arrived in Galveston, Texas at the end of the…
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Most mothers and fathers who work full-time say they sometimes parent while at work and vice versa. Most are upset to miss out on events with their kids, and many don’t have enough time to exercise. But moms and dads seem to have different perceptions on who does most of the chores, and mothers were more likely than fathers to say that having children made it harder to advance at work. Those are some of the findings about full-time working parents from a newly released Pew Research Center study, which surveyed 2,242 working parents between March 2-15. Here’s a look…
People ask me what it takes to build a high-growth company, with a rapidly growing footprint and enterprise value. They want the formula, a secret, or a shortcut. There isn’t one. But there is a playbook. And after more than 13 years leading organizations across the healthcare spectrum, I can tell you that the playbook does not change. The industry or sector changes. The team changes. The product changes. But the playbook does not. I have led two companies onto the Inc. 5000 list. The first was EmpiRx Health, a pharmacy benefit management (PBM) company that I took from early…
One of the only vaccines that prevents cancer is even more effective than scientists knew. For young women who receive the HPV vaccine in their early teen years, the risk of dying from cervical cancer before turning 30 is effectively reduced to zero, according to new research published in The Lancet. While the HPV vaccine was known to prevent around 90% of cervical cancer cases, the new study is the first to explore its impact on mortality rates – and the results reveal just how strong the vaccine’s protection really is. The study, funded by Cancer Research UK, offers powerful…
President Donald Trump on Friday showed off the new Air Force One, a formerly Qatari-owned jumbo jet that has been converted into the official U.S. presidential aircraft. The new aircraft eschews the Kennedy-era robin’s egg blue exterior of the old plane for a bolder look, with the underbelly of the plane painted navy blue with a red stripe above it. The plane’s left side, where the president boards, features the presidential seal, while the tail of the aircraft has a massive American flag on it. “The workmanship of this plane is, when you see it, you won’t believe it,” Trump said…
The clock doesn’t start on day one anymore. For decades, the “first 100 days” framework allowed new executives a structured runway—time to listen, assess, and earn trust before making consequential decisions. That window quietly closed. What replaced it isn’t a shorter timeline, but a fundamentally different set of expectations. Boards aren’t granting CEOs time to “learn the business.” They expect judgment from the start, and the tolerance for ambiguity has collapsed. Successful leaders must arrive pre-oriented, understanding the real mandate, the hidden risks, and how decisions are made before they walk through the door. THE PRE-WORK NOBODY TALKS ABOUT My…
Bina Ramroop broke down in tears when she realized she wasn’t going to get the World Cup tickets she had bought for her grandson’s 13th birthday. As thousands poured into Atlanta Stadium on Monday to see Spain face Cape Verde in what turned out to be a remarkable scoreless draw, Ramroop stood outside, increasingly stressed as she went back and forth for hours between StubHub representatives on the phone and FIFA representatives in the ticket booth. Each blamed the other. No one could figure out why the tickets Ramroop bought months ago on StubHub for $485 apiece couldn’t be transferred from the original seller…
A collection of treasures including a molecular safety deposit box and a glass Coke bottle were encased in metal this week, not to be opened for another 250 years. Known as America’s Time Capsule, the commemorative project is part of the country’s 250th anniversary celebration, which will see the vessel buried on Independence Mall in Philadelphia this Fourth of July. The capsule was curated by America250, an organization created by Congress in 2016 to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, which falls on July 4, 2026. Beyond the more traditional celebrations, the group crafted…
You may want to check the cheese in your fridge before your next snack. The list of products included in a previous cheese recall has dramatically expanded. The recall is over fears that the select cheeses could be contaminated with the potentially deadly bacterium Listeria monocytogenes, which is responsible for a current outbreak in three states. Here’s what you need to know. What’s happened? On Thursday, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published a recall notice from Clover Hill Dairy, LLC of Mechanicsville, Maryland. The recall notice announced the dramatic expansion of a voluntary recall that Clover Hill Dairy…
Before Disneyfication, fairy tales were terrifying, designed to teach kids about dangerous aspects of the world. Pixar may be taking a page out of the Brothers Grimm’s book. From the beginning, its Toy Story franchise has been about fear of replacement, with the original 1995 movie centered around the friction between cowboy toy Woody and newly arrived space-ranger toy Buzz Lightyear. That the movie itself was a leap forward for digital animation mirrored the on-screen story. Toy Story 5, which hits movie theaters today, also has the potential to warn against the dangers of technology. Here’s what we know so…