2025
How to Succeed in Your Career When Change Is a Constant
HANNAH BATES: Welcome to HBR On Leadership, case studies and conversations with the world’s top business and management experts—hand-selected to help you unlock the best in those around you. Bonnie Hammer is the Vice Chairman of NBC Universal, but her role in the media industry wasn’t always that glamorous. In fact, she’s held just about every […]
$1,000 Charity Donation Deduction in the 2025 Trump Tax Law
Many charities advertise that donations are tax-deductible, but most people don’t deduct donations on their taxes. That’s because over 80% of taxpayers use the standard deduction, and they don’t get to deduct donations to charities when they don’t itemize. People donate because they support the cause, whether they get a tax deduction or not. I’m […]
Recalling a reading initiative that went awry | Education
I was a teacher-training student living in Chiswick, London, in 1970 and we were the first people to buy up one of the cottages near Strand on the Green primary school. The start of “gentrification” of the area. Families at the other end of our road had been moved out during, or shortly after, the […]
Western publishing at a ‘breaking point’; NIH to cap publisher fees; sleuths say their work is being ‘weaponized’ – Retraction Watch
Dear RW readers, can you spare $25? The week at Retraction Watch featured: Our list of retracted or withdrawn COVID-19 papers is up past 500. There are more than 60,000 retractions in The Retraction Watch Database — which is now part of Crossref. The Retraction Watch Hijacked Journal Checker now contains more than 300 titles. […]
Kane board considers reallocating RTA sales tax funds
Debate about how to close a multimillion-dollar budget shortfall next year continues in Kane County, as the board considers diverting some sales tax revenue from funding transportation to public safety costs. Among other cost-cutting and revenue-generating ideas that have been floated in recent months, this idea being proposed at the county board level involves changing […]
This HDMI mod lets you play Nintendo Switch Lite on a big screen
If you can’t get your hands on the latest Nintendo Switch 2, you might be able to keep the FOMO at bay in the meantime with a clever mod for your Switch Lite. Retro Remake’s co-founder, Taki Udon, posted a video showing off a working version of the SUPER5 OLED Touch HDMI mod. As the […]
Progress: A.I. Now Only Racist Against Italians
SUNNYVALE, CA — In a clear sign of progress, developers confirmed that A.I. was now only racist against Italians. The leap forward came after numerous claims arose that the large language models were found to be racist against other groups of people, including displaying rampant antisemitism. Experts said that A.I.’s advancement to only being racist […]
The Amazing Health Benefits of Walking
Walking is one of those things that most of us do every single day, but don’t think much about. It’s not just a way to get us from point A to point B, but it can also be a powerful health tool. More recently, I’ve been intentionally incorporating more walks into my day, and here’s […]
Ferran Adrià’s Turin Playground
What happens when an Italian coffee dynasty, a filmmaker, an eccentric, and one of the world’s great chefs dream up a restaurant? Turin’s Condividere is the subject of a new book co-authored by R&K’s Eugenio Signoroni. In the murky past before Roads & Kingdoms, I had very little connection with, or affinity for, fine dining. […]
15 Zoom Backgrounds Approved by Interior Designers
Now that we’re all accustomed to this new normal of Zoom calls, FaceTime, and Google Hangouts—it’s not surprising that many of us are craving a bit of change, especially when it comes to our home interiors — so why not change your Zoom background to liven things up? Seeing the same rooms over and over […]