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☆ Former CIA agent: 4 powerful, underutilized phrases can help you establish credibility and earn anyone's trust
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-02 | by ( Rupal Patel | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

It is faster, and more valuable, to ask what information the other person needs, instead of trying to guess. When debating our reporting at the CIA, we always solicited disagreements because they made the our overall argument more robust. 'I don't know, but I will find out and come back to you'This is one of the most powerful and underutilized sentences you can use in stressful environments. Instead, we said, "I don't know, but I will find out and come back to you." It's the ultimate sign of humility and thoughtfulness when you can confidently say what you don't know.

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☆ Congestion Pricing Ignites an Old Rift: Drivers vs. Transit Riders
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-02 | by ( Bernard Mokam | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

In 2010, Filolaos Kefalas, an electrical engineer, drove a black Corvette into Manhattan for his first date with Lisa Daglian, a transit advocate. “You know you can take the train,” Ms. Daglian, 61, recalled saying. But Mr. Kefalas has his reasons for driving, he said. “Time is money,” Mr. Kefalas, also 61, said. “I try to go the quickest way possible.”The rift between Ms. Daglian, who now leads the Permanent Citizens Advisory Committee to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, and Mr. Kefalas did not derail their romance — they are married.

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☆ With Trump, Silicon Valley elites see AI regulation as they see fit
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-02 | by ( Lloyd Lee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

While Musk hasn't formally endorsed Trump, one reason Silicon Valley heavy-hitters could be gravitating toward a convicted former president is a desire to see less regulation on tech development in America. AdvertisementCuban, a vocal opponent of Trump who has expressed his support for Joe Biden, told Business Insider in an email that he views the support from Silicon Valley and Wall Street billionaires for Trump as "self-serving." "So unless it's very light touch, which is unlikely at this point, the more influence they have over Ai regulation the better the opportunity to advantage themselves." "It's still very early to be imposing regulation," Sacks said. That's not to say every Silicon Valley player investing in AI and Trump hopes to see an unrestrained, Wild West of artificial intelligence development.

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☆ A homeless advocate of 40 years says finding homes for unhoused New Yorkers with vouchers has never been so hard
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-01 | by ( Eliza Relman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

And the biggest program to help those in need of homes — the federal housing voucher system — isn't keeping up. With city shelters struggling, the government has set up more than 200 emergency shelters to house migrants, including in former jails and hotels. Greenberg said he decided to seek out homeless voucher holders after hearing from those who'd had an excruciating time finding an apartment. Ed Jones/Getty ImagesThe Interfaith Assembly set up a pilot program about six months ago to help homeless voucher holders find homes. Advertisement"I've spoken to landlords who want housing voucher holders, who've experienced some real damage to their apartments," Greenberg said.

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☆ Schumer and Senate Democrats call for Justice Department to probe Big Oil for alleged collusion
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-30 | by ( Matt Egan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and nearly two dozen Democrats pressed the Justice Department on Thursday to launch an industry-wide investigation into Big Oil for alleged collusion and price fixing. The lawmakers urged the DOJ to investigate the oil industry, “hold accountable any liable actors” and halt illegal activity. Last week, congressional Democrats launched an investigation into whether other US oil companies colluded with each other and OPEC. Regulators cited hundreds of text messages Sheffield exchanged with OPEC officials discussing pricing, production and oil market dynamics. “The strategy appears to have worked,” Schumer and his colleagues wrote to the DOJ.

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☆ Photos Show Strength of Asian American Activism Throughout US History
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-30 | by ( Momo Takahashi | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

The term "Asian American" was first coined in 1968 amid the rising voices of the Third World Liberation Front student movements in California. With tensions from protests against the Vietnam War and calls for universities to invest in ethnic studies programs, the Asian American identity was born out of advocacy for multiethnic unity among the Asian diaspora. Historical photographs showcase the history of Asian American resistance movements from the 1960s to the 1980s, demonstrating the strength and resilience of the Asian American community among tenants, students, and laborers. For the next five years, Filipino and Mexican American workers continued to strike for economic justice for all farm workers. AdvertisementThe same year, Yuji Ichioka and Emma Gee, both graduate students and key organizers of the Asian American Political Alliance, coined the term "Asian American."

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☆ Benefits of secondhand clothing, goods according to Alicia Silverstone
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-29 | by ( Jessica Dickler | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Alicia Silverstone stars in the 1995 film "Clueless." "I've been fighting the good fight to encourage people to buy used and make it sound cool," she said. Online shopping's hefty toll on the environmentWith the explosion of online shopping during the pandemic, a surge in returns seemed like a small price for everyone to pay. The return rate in 2023 was about 15% of total U.S. retail sales, or $743 billion in returned goods, according to the National Retail Federation's most recent data. For online sales, the numbers are even higher, with a return rate closer to 18%, or $247 billion of merchandise purchased online returned.

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☆ Opinion: Mexico is about to elect its first woman president. The US isn’t heading in that direction anytime soon
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-29 | by ( Opinion Alice Driver | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

While he has stated support for Roe v Wade, in 2023, at a fundraiser Biden said, “I’m a practicing Catholic. Feminist activists demonstrate in favor of the decriminalization of abortion on International Safe Abortion Day, in Mexico City, September 2023. Silvana Flores/AFP/Getty ImagesFor decades, abortion was criminalized in Mexico, while in the US the constitutional right was established in the Roe v. Wade decision in 1973. Since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, more than 20 US states ban or restrict abortion. I never imagined that.”In the US, I wonder if I will see a woman elected as president in my lifetime.

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The Hong Kong and Beijing governments have repeatedly denied the national security law is suppressing freedoms, arguing it has ended chaos and “restored stability” to the city. Since the national security law came into effect in 2020, civil groups have disbanded, and independent media outlets have been shut down. They are the first defendants to be acquitted in a national security law trial in Hong Kong. But that strategy is in doubt after another local national security law enacted earlier this year curtailed access to reduced sentences for guilty pleas. “It’s absolutely clear that the national security law reduced the independence and the autonomy of the judiciary.

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☆ Opinion: It’s hard to applaud billionaires – but these few deserve recognition
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-29 | by ( Opinion Jill Filipovic | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

But this is the global system we do have and, within it, some billionaires are behaving much more generously and ethically than others. Melinda French Gates is one of the good ones. French Gates has long been an advocate for family planning and women’s rights abroad, and now she’s dedicating $1 billion through 2026 to those issues. Female billionaires, in other words, are far more likely than male ones to give away substantial portions of their wealth. So yes, we can applaud the good billionaires who give their wealth away, even if we think that they are representative of a bigger inequality problem.

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☆ Melinda French Gates’s Philanthropy Will Include Abortion Rights - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-28 | by ( Melinda French Gates | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

That’s why, next week, I will leave the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, of which I was a co-founder almost 25 years ago, to open a new chapter in my philanthropy. The second the global agenda gets crowded, women and girls fall off. Decades of research on economics, well-being and governance make it clear that investing in women and girls benefits everyone. We know that economies with women’s full participation have more room to grow. That reducing the time women spend in poor health could add as much as $1 trillion to the global economy by 2040.

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☆ Melinda French Gates explains why she resigned from the Gates Foundation — and what she’ll do now
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-28 | by ( David Goldman | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

French Gates said she will donate $1 billion through 2026 to advance women’s rights around the world through her organization, Pivotal Ventures. French Gates will also give $250 million in awards to organizations working to help improve women’s mental and physical health. “I’m also experimenting with novel tactics to bring a wider range of perspectives into philanthropy,” French Gates wrote in her op-ed. In her op-ed, French Gates said she was once told to set her own agenda before someone else sets it — and that’s why she chose to leave the Gates Foundation. Just 2% of donations in the United States go to organizations focused on women and girls, French Gates noted.

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☆ Billionaire 'Bond King' Bill Gross says a Trump win would be 'disruptive' for markets
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-27 | by ( Shubhangi Goel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Bill Gross warned that a second Trump presidency could harm bond markets. Gross highlighted that Trump's tax cuts and spending programs would worsen the fiscal deficit. AdvertisementDonald Trump winning the presidential election would be bad news for the bond markets, said "Bond King" Bill Gross. A Trump presidency would worsen US fiscal deficits, which would hurt bonds, the billionaire investor and PIMCO cofounder said in an interview with the Financial Times. "Trump is the more bearish of the candidates simply because his programs advocate continued tax cuts and more expensive things," Gross said.

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☆ Stuck in a hellish loop: ALICE parents explain how they never have enough money to give their kids the life they want
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-25 | by ( Noah Sheidlower | Juliana Kaplan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

He buys the cheapest toiletries and groceries he can find, and he can't afford mental health resources. Childcare costs remain an immense burden for Americans across the income spectrum, and it's a cost that particularly weighs on ALICE parents. They can't afford proper mental health and medical treatments, which are few and far between in their rural community. Even when ALICE parents can obtain assistance, it's often not enough to account for the realities they face. Many ALICEs find themselves in a neverending cycle, even as parents aspire for more for both themselves and their kids.

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☆ UAW challenges Mercedes-Benz union vote, asks NLRB for new election
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-24 | by ( Michael Wayland | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

United Auto Workers (UAW) members and supporters on a picket line outside the ZF Chassis Systems plant in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, US, on Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023. DETROIT – The United Auto Workers union is challenging the results of last week's organizing vote of Mercedes-Benz workers in Alabama, in which workers voted against union representation, and is asking federal officials to order a new election. Union organizing failed at the Alabama plant with 56% of the vote, or 2,642 workers, casting ballots against the UAW, according to the NLRB, which oversaw the election. The NLRB said its regional director will review the UAW's allegations of an unfair election. If after the hearing, she finds that the employer's conduct affected the election, she can order a new election.

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☆ Carissa Moore: Before stepping away from surfing, Olympic champion has a showdown with ‘big, intense, scary’ Teahupo’o
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-22 | by ( George Ramsay | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —Carissa Moore remembers the first time she surfed Teahupo’o, the barreling wave located off the island of Tahiti. “I was so out of my league,” recalls Moore, who has surfed the famous break numerous times throughout her career. “It’s those waves that scare you the most that end up being the best,” Moore tells CNN Sport. Moore waits for a wave at Teahupo'o during the Tahiti Pro event on August 11 last year. “Maybe I return, maybe I just focus on Moore Aloha and free surfing and doing film projects.

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☆ Opinion: If you opposed the pro-Palestinian protests, here’s why you should reconsider
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-22 | by ( Opinion Haroon Moghul | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

The media line fed to the public about weeks of protests at Columbia — and the administrative crackdown that followed — has been selective at best. Columbia students have made clear that that’s what drives their protests. Why, even as numerous students at Columbia and elsewhere have been doxxed, harassed and bullied, were no congressional hearings called? But if Columbia students didn’t care about their university and the values it claims to uphold, they wouldn’t have risked so much with their protests. By the same token, if students didn’t care about our country, they wouldn’t protest so vocally against its policies.

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☆ Biden’s EPA is trying to take a huge bite out of the climate crisis. But can it survive Trump’s Supreme Court?
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-22 | by ( Ella Nilsen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

Bottom row, from left, Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Associate Justice Clarence Thomas, Chief Justice of the United States John Roberts, Associate Justice Samuel Alito, and Associate Justice Elena Kagan. Top row, from left, Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett, Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch, Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh, and Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson. And environmental attorneys are intrigued by Barrett, who has had some tough questions for EPA’s challengers during recent Supreme Court arguments. The Supreme Court ruled in 2007 that the EPA can use its authority to regulate greenhouse gases. That gives the agency the recent Congressional direction the Supreme Court has said it so badly needs, some experts said.

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☆ Trump says he does not support restricting birth control after saying he was ‘looking at’ contraception
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-21 | by ( Kate Sullivan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he did not support restricting birth control after saying earlier in the day he was “looking at” contraceptives when asked if he supported any restrictions to the right to contraception. “I HAVE NEVER, AND WILL NEVER ADVOCATE IMPOSING RESTRICTIONS ON BIRTH CONTROL, or other contraceptives,” Trump posted on Truth Social. He wants to rip away our freedom to access birth control too,” Biden campaign spokesperson Sarafina Chitika said in a statement. Legal access to birth control is popular among most Americans. A FiveThirtyEight/Ipsos poll conducted in 2022 found 89% of Americans support mostly or completely legal access to birth control pills and 71% support access to emergency contraception like Plan B.

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But in the end, the 12 New Yorkers weighing the fate of Donald J. Trump did not see him testify. On Tuesday, the defense rested its case after Mr. Trump declined to take the stand at his own criminal trial, forfeiting his only opportunity to defend himself but also avoiding what could have been a calamitous error. Defendants rarely testify, but Mr. Trump stands apart as the only American president to ever face a criminal trial, a serial litigant who thinks of himself as his own best advocate. Mr. Trump, who is once again the presumptive Republican nominee, had said repeatedly that he wanted to testify. But on Tuesday morning, Mr. Trump said in front of television cameras in the courthouse hallway that his lawyers would rest without his taking the stand.

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☆ I became a data analyst and grew my salary 5x without working in Big Tech. Non-tech companies offer more flexibility and less stress.
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-21 | by ( Charlotte Chaze | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Landing a data analyst job helped me achieve the life I had dreamed ofI started looking at job boards and saw a ton of data analyst positions, with an average starting salary of around $70,000, in 2018. I don't feel that working in Big Tech is worth itWhen people think about working a tech job, many think of Big Tech companies like Tesla and Meta, which offer the highest salaries and have a certain air of prestige. Although they might not be quite as high as Big Tech roles, the salaries at non-tech companies can be super competitive, especially if you focus on non-tech companies in the Fortune 500. When you apply for tech jobs at non-tech companies, you're not competing against people who are trying to be the best in the world. AdvertisementI advise anyone hoping to land their first data analyst job at a non-tech company to start looking at their current job as an asset and find where it overlaps with data analyst jobs.

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☆ Over 100 basic-income pilots have run in US cities. Now states are getting creative to fund no-strings-attached cash payments.
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-21 | by ( Allie Kelly | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

Basic income has become a trending strategy to combat poverty in cities nationwide. ARPA funds have been used to partially or fully fund most US basic-income pilots so far, but funds are set to expire. While philanthropy and nonprofit work have been central to basic-income pilots, they are not always a long-term or large-scale funding solution. More GBI programs are electing to focus on specific groups of participants, like low-income parents with children and foster youth. The program is funded through the Temporary Aid to Needy Families Program (TANF), an existing federal cash assistance program for low-income families.

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☆ A single mom of 3 shares how she co-parents. Communication and planning are key, especially when you don't see eye-to-eye.
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-20 | by ( Jane Ridley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewAngela Marie Christian was in a quandary when the father of her eldest daughter wanted to take the then 12-year-old to the Dominican Republic with his family. The decision caused a lot of upset because the child wanted to go to the Caribbean just as much as her dad and his relatives wanted her there. Six years on, with the benefit of hindsight, the mom said she could have handled the situation differently. "I thought that, instead of being about me and how I felt, it was about really considering the child," the mom said. For example, she said that her middle daughter usually spends Thanksgiving at her dad's house and Christmas at her mom's every year.

Persons: —, Angela Marie Christian, Christian, wouldn't, she'd Organizations: Service, Business Locations: Dominican Republic, Caribbean, Costa Rica

☆ Stakes are high for prosecutors to rescue Cohen testimony as Trump trial enters endgame
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-20 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Defense lawyers say they expect to complete their bruising cross-examination of Cohen, Trump’s former lawyer and enforcer, on Monday morning. In dramatic testimony, Cohen last week directly implicated Trump in the alleged scheme, saying the former president directed him to hand over $130,000 to Daniels and promised him reimbursement. With the end of Cohen’s testimony looming, there is uncertainty over the extent of Trump’s defense case. Blanche referred to the possibility of Trump’s testimony on Thursday, the last day the court was in session. After the defense case wraps up, the prosecution has a chance to put on its own rebuttal.

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