SCROLL NEWS / DISCOVERY

Search headlines

Find the stories shaping the conversation.

Search mode
Refine results
Active filters Keyword All time

Results for " Jobs " 1,314 found 🔀 AI-powered Shuffle

Trump's defense budget, depleted U.S. war machine, spark U.S. state battle for business and jobs

President Trump's huge defense budget request and a race to replenish weapons stocks while building hypersonic missiles lead to war between US states for jobs.

cnbc.com logo
Jun 30 • 7:15 AM EDT • Business • cnbc.com
After Trump's re-election, these U.S. scientists found jobs in the U.K.

More U.S. scientists are heading abroad. Three researchers explain why they decided to shift their research to universities in the U.K.

npr.org logo
Jun 30 • 6:00 AM EDT • Science • npr.org
High-Signal Publisher
More than 100 Tennessee workers laid off amid closure of Gallatin business

More than 100 people will lose their jobs amid the closure of Stanley Black and Decker in Gallatin.

wsmv.com logo
Jun 29 • 4:04 PM EDT • Business • wsmv.com
Small business is about people helping people

Local Chamber president Mike Murphy says it means jobs for our community.

capitolcitynow.com logo
Jun 29 • 12:22 PM EDT • Business • capitolcitynow.com
Johns Hopkins Layoffs Reach Carey Business School As Federal Cuts Deepen

JHU is shedding about 110 jobs, Carey School included, just 6 weeks after Carey banked a $50 million gift.

poetsandquants.com logo
Jun 28 • 9:44 AM EDT • Business • poetsandquants.com
Career coach recommends 4-hour burnout-proof job application routine

A career coach advises job seekers against spending all day applying to jobs. She says a four-hour routine is burnout-proof and more effective.

businessinsider.com logo
Jun 28 • 7:41 AM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com
😐 Neutral (0%)
As Beta Technologies expands employment — and investors — other technical businesses struggle to survive

The electric aviation company is bringing new jobs and greater wealth to the state, but some aviation businesses say they are being squeezed for talent.

vtdigger.org logo
Jun 28 • 7:36 AM EDT • Business • vtdigger.org
Deep dive
😐 Neutral (10%)
wow
54%
ahah
46%
AI isn't killing real tech jobs. It's hitting here instead.

AI isn't killing tech jobs, says Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince. It's changing which roles companies value most.

businessinsider.com logo
Jun 27 • 10:01 AM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com
The war for Burnham’s ear: politicians and wonks fight for influence over a PM

There is high emotion, a deluge of policy papers and an ‘excruciating’ jostle for jobs as Labour’s probable next leader settles back into Westminster life

theguardian.com logo
Jun 27 • 9:00 AM EDT • Politics • theguardian.com
Illinois 250: What we’ve invented, innovated, created and manufactured

Illinois builds things. We invent and innovate, too — everything from the Pullman car to plastic party cups.

chicagotribune.com logo
Jun 27 • 6:00 AM EDT • Business • chicagotribune.com
Meet Troy Rohrbaugh and Doug Petno, who are vying for Jamie Dimon's job

Doug Petno and Troy Rohrbaugh are the frontrunners to succeed Jamie Dimon. Here's a guide to the men in line for one of Wall Street's top jobs.

businessinsider.com logo
Jun 27 • 4:54 AM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com
140 Kauai Coffee jobs saved through new land lease agreement

The lease agreement between Kauai Coffee’s parent company, Massimo Zanetti Beverage Group, and landowner Brue Baukol Capital Partners was finalized after nearly two years of negotiations

spectrumlocalnews.com logo
Jun 26 • 6:35 PM EDT • Business • spectrumlocalnews.com
Manufacturing business cuts ribbon in Putnam County, set to bring 120 jobs to area

The operation is a joint venture between global engineering group Sandvik and mining company Alpha Metallurgical Resources.

wvmetronews.com logo
Jun 26 • 2:21 PM EDT • Business • wvmetronews.com
CSUF Report Finds Family Businesses Drive Jobs and Revenue in Fullerton

The city of Fullerton is home to a vibrant entrepreneurial community, with family-owned businesses serving as a cornerstone of the local economy. The family business sector in Fullerton is the subject of a new report researched and published by Tim Schultz, the head of Cal State Fullerton’s Center for Family Business. Chethan Srikant, associate professor […]

news.fullerton.edu logo
Jun 26 • 12:00 PM EDT • Business • news.fullerton.edu
Volkswagen reportedly planning to axe 100,000 jobs

Volkswagen, one of the world’s largest automakers, is reportedly planning to axe as many as 100,000 jobs over the next few years, representing 15% of its global workforce.

cnn.com logo
Jun 26 • 8:23 AM EDT • Business • cnn.com
😐 Neutral (7%)
ahah
43%
wow
29%
love
28%
Bungie layoffs revealed to have affected nearly 300 jobs at Destiny 2 maker

Sony said this week it had cut nearly the entire Destiny 2 development team…

videogameschronicle.com logo
Jun 26 • 8:06 AM EDT • Technology • videogameschronicle.com
Ohio Black-owned businesses, payroll has increased, bringing bigger share of economy to group

According to analysis of national census data, black-owned businesses in Ohio continue to increase payroll, and drive jobs and income in the state.

ohiocapitaljournal.com logo
Jun 26 • 3:50 AM EDT • Business • ohiocapitaljournal.com
It's Xbox's turn (again), as console prices keep going up

Microsoft announced a price hike for the Xbox Series consoles today, the third in little over a year. Effective August 1, the Xbox Series S, which launched in 2020 for $300, will cost $500 in the U.S. The Xbox Series X, which launched in 2020 at $500, will go for $800. This follows a round of PlayStation 5 price increases from Sony this spring, and a slow-motion increase for Nintendo’s Switch 2, which will kick in in the U.S. in September. (Mind you, there were also eight video game industry price hikes in six months of 2025). The chart up top shows the sudden ascent of console prices over the past year, a sudden surge in an already unusual hardware generation. Prices had been flat for years, now “up” is the new “flat.” Game console prices used to go down across the length of a console generation, but not this time around. Microsoft’s explanation for the new price hike today: We hoped another price increase would not be necessary, and we have spent the last several months working with suppliers on options. Unfortunately, console storage and memory prices have increased by more than 2.5x and we expect another doubling by the fall of 2027. The entire consumer electronics industry is struggling with the current components crisis, but the effects are particularly hard on consoles. Unlike phones, computers, speakers, and other consumer devices, consoles are typically not sold at a profit, but instead for less than they cost to make. This is an issue well beyond game consoles. Apple announced price hikes on its computers and tablets today as well. Game File is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Subscribe Item 2: Brutal Bungie cuts Bungie laid off “most” of its Destiny development team and some developers who worked on Marathon, the newest game from the struggling Sony-owned studio. A WARN notice issued by Sony to Washington State, where Bungie is based, tallied cuts impacting 292 workers, effective next month. That’s strictly for Bungie/Sony jobs in Washington and wouldn’t account for any elsewhere. The video I clipped below shows the redacted list of Bungie cuts filed to Washington State officials. As you’ll see, I had to scroll for a while… In a note emailed to PlayStation workers and published online, PlayStation game studios chief Hermen Hulst offered the following explanation for these latest cuts at Bungie: This is painful news, especially for talented colleagues whose roles have been eliminated. This decision was made only after extensive discussion and careful consideration, and I want to provide some context on how we arrived here. Over the past several months, together with Bungie leadership, we reviewed the studio’s long-term direction, development priorities, resource needs, and role within our broader portfolio strategy. We explored multiple alternatives before concluding that a reduction was necessary to align the studio’s resources with its current priorities and long-term goals. In 2022, Sony bought Bungie for $3.7 billion. The studio’s marquee game, the multiplayer live service shooter Destiny 2 was losing popularity at the time. Its next game Marathon, released earlier this year, has been well-reviewed but had a slow start. Bungie is renowned for making great shooter games, and Destiny fans have mourned the wind-down of Destiny 2. They’ve also expressed bewilderment over reports that Destiny 3 is not, per Bloomberg, immediately in the cards.

gamefile.news logo
Jun 25 • 8:21 PM EDT • Technology • gamefile.news
Lane County Public Health to slash jobs as it weathers federal healthcare cuts

Lane County’s Public Health Department announced significant budget reductions as federal healthcare cuts approved by Congress in the so-called Big Beautiful Bill, or H.R.1, go into effect.

klcc.org logo
Jun 25 • 9:32 AM EDT • Health • klcc.org
Deep dive
😐 Neutral (14%)
ahah
50%
wow
50%
Gas prices, health, quality of life drive push for more Coloradans to trade four wheels for two, even if safety is a worry

Bike to Work Day brings out the cyclists in Denver, but many already pedal to their jobs and back.

cpr.org logo
Jun 24 • 2:25 PM EDT • Health • cpr.org
Webber sponsors long-term funding bills to support Michigan business startups

LANSING, Mich. — Sen. Michael Webber on Wednesday introduced legislation to help create more Michigan jobs through long-term support for startup businesses in the state. “We created the Michigan...

misenategop.com logo
Jun 24 • 11:13 AM EDT • Business • misenategop.com
NYC teens say jobs and mental health, not policing, would curb violence

City safety officials heard from students who know victims of gun violence and people carrying guns.

gothamist.com logo
Jun 24 • 11:01 AM EDT • Health • gothamist.com
After losing jobs for posting about Charlie Kirk, some are getting six figure payouts

While workers, who were employees in government or public institutions, feel vindicated by how their lawsuits concluded, they are still grappling with the aftermath.

npr.org logo
Jun 23 • 5:00 AM EDT • Politics • npr.org
High-Signal Publisher
Apple’s Eddy Cue on ‘F1’ Sequel, Why Apple TV Has Never Licensed Any Library Content and Being Inspired by Steve Jobs

Apple hasn’t officially greenlit a sequel to last year’s blockbuster “F1: The Movie,” but Eddy Cue — who oversees the tech giant’s entertainment businesses — said one will “hopefully” be coming, in pa...

yahoo.com logo
Jun 22 • 8:24 AM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com
Nearly All EAE Business School Grads Found Jobs In 2025, With Salaries Growing 70%

Spanish school's employment report tracks grads across master's & MBA programs, finding a pronounced tendency to ‘triple jump’.

poetsandquants.com logo
Jun 21 • 12:19 PM EDT • Business • poetsandquants.com
The business secretary knows about jobs, and seems pretty sure Keir is out of one

Doing the rounds of the Sunday studios, Peter Kyle sounded like someone who knew it would all be over come Monday

theguardian.com logo
Jun 21 • 7:19 AM EDT • Business • theguardian.com
Deep dive
😐 Neutral (18%)
ahah
51%
love
27%
wow
22%
The business secretary knows about jobs, and seems pretty sure Keir is out of one

Doing the rounds of the Sunday studios, Peter Kyle sounded like someone who knew it would all be over come Monday

theguardian.com logo
Jun 21 • 7:19 AM EDT • Politics • theguardian.com
Deep dive
😐 Neutral (18%)
ahah
51%
love
27%
wow
22%
Small Business Tech News: Verizon CEO Sends Shocking Message To Employees

AI is reshaping business: Verizon says automation cut 13,000 jobs, while SMBs use AI to boost productivity. Retail, startups, and AI providers are rapidly expanding capabilities and lowering costs.

forbes.com logo
Jun 21 • 7:00 AM EDT • Business • forbes.com
The Would-Be Intelligence Chief Caught Between Trump and Congress

Jay Clayton is a versatile team player who has deftly navigated the Justice Department but is now in limbo regarding two jobs.

wsj.com logo
Jun 21 • 5:00 AM EDT • Politics • wsj.com
The Women Running Businesses Under Taliban Rules

With secondary education and most jobs out of reach, thousands of Afghan women have turned to entrepreneurship as the only path to make money and maintain a social life.

nytimes.com logo
Jun 21 • 12:01 AM EDT • Business • nytimes.com
Colom prioritizing lower costs, good jobs, affordable health care in state

In 2025, about 27 million people in the United States were medically uninsured, a number that is expected to increase by 10 million in the next decade due to tightened Medicaid eligibility, changes to enrollment processes and a loss of enhanced Affordable Care Act plan subsidies.

cdispatch.com logo
Jun 20 • 7:59 AM EDT • Health • cdispatch.com
Replika founder warns of 'crazy protests' over AI's jobs impact

Eugenia Kuyda, the founder of the AI chatbot startup Replika, says fears about AI eliminating jobs are justified — and will lead to backlash.

businessinsider.com logo
Jun 20 • 6:05 AM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com
Healthcare Has Been the Job Engine. That’s About to Change.

Federal healthcare cutbacks, including Medicaid funds, are expected to result in hundreds of thousands of fewer jobs.

barrons.com logo
Jun 20 • 3:30 AM EDT • Health • barrons.com
High 5 Entertainment’s hiring fair set for early 2027 jobs

High 5 entertainment venue in Estero is progressing with vertical building. Amenities include a pickleball club, bowling alley, bars, golf courses, and a full-service kitchen with memberships and public access.

gulfshorebusiness.com logo
Jun 18 • 1:43 PM EDT • Entertainment • gulfshorebusiness.com
OtherSide Entertainment cuts 17 jobs after Argos cancellation

The studio argues that "brutally challenging" industry conditions meant that the project was "unviable for now"

gamesindustry.biz logo
Jun 18 • 6:30 AM EDT • Entertainment • gamesindustry.biz
Evonik to Cut 3,200 Jobs, Discontinue Polyester Unit as Part of Restructuring Plan

The specialty-chemicals company said the job cuts would be phased in from 2027 through the end of 2029, and would include 2,150 positions in Germany.

wsj.com logo
Jun 18 • 5:46 AM EDT • Business • wsj.com
Jeff Bezos: AI could create a labor shortage, not mass unemployment

As fears mount that AI could erase jobs, the Amazon founder pushed back against the idea that AI would make humans redundant.

businessinsider.com logo
Jun 17 • 5:36 PM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com
Is the customer always right? Study finds rude customers hurt business

Frontline employees who face rude or disrespectful customers are more likely to justify negative behaviors, from cutting corners to leaving their jobs, according to a new study.

phys.org logo
Jun 17 • 1:00 PM EDT • Business • phys.org
What business leaders are getting wrong about AI's impact on entry-level jobs

Companies that fail to reshape early-career roles for the AI economy risk cutting off their future talent pipeline.

fastcompany.com logo
Jun 17 • 6:02 AM EDT • Business • fastcompany.com
Seattle business group says JumpStart tax is pushing jobs, investment toward Bellevue

Seattle’s payroll tax was created nearly six years ago with a promise to tax the city’s highest-paid workers and use the money to help with economic recovery

komonews.com logo
Jun 16 • 6:01 PM EDT • Business • komonews.com
Orlando Health Lakeland to bring more than 1,000 jobs to Polk County

Hospital leaders say every new hire brings them one step closer to expanding healthcare access for Polk County.

baynews9.com logo
Jun 16 • 8:55 AM EDT • Health • baynews9.com
20 years of Intel Macs: Why Apple switched, and why it switched again

Remembering the ups and downs of the Intel Mac era as it finally winds down.

arstechnica.com logo
Jun 15 • 12:32 PM EDT • Technology • arstechnica.com
The shifting landscape for Black-owned businesses: An update to the Black Business Parity Dashboard

The latest Black Business Parity Dashboard reveals where Black-owned employer businesses are growing, where ownership gaps persist, and how closing those gaps could generate jobs, wages, and economic growth nationwide.

brookings.edu logo
Jun 15 • 10:06 AM EDT • Business • brookings.edu
The Compass Report: Relative declines seen in Arkansas metro economies

Although job numbers were up broadly, rising jobless rates, declines in manufacturing and construction jobs, and moderation in building activity resulted in lower grades among the four Arkansas metro economies...

talkbusiness.net logo
Jun 14 • 12:37 PM EDT • Business • talkbusiness.net
The healthcare sector emerges as a lifeline for struggling job seekers

While millions of Americans are struggling to find jobs in a tough labor market, healthcare is emerging as a lifeline for career changers.

cnn.com logo
Jun 14 • 12:00 PM EDT • Health • cnn.com
UVM Health cuts 142 jobs — an estimated $9.5 million in staff positions

UVM Health cuts 142 positions across its hospitals and hospice network, largely administrative roles. The cuts aim to save $9.5 million annually.

vnews.com logo
Jun 13 • 3:05 PM EDT • Health • vnews.com
Deep dive
😐 Neutral (6%)
love
62%
wow
38%
Health department staffers aren't buying RFK Jr.'s peace offerings

Some staffers say their work lives are improving. Others say their jobs have never been more difficult.

politico.com logo
Jun 13 • 12:00 PM EDT • Health • politico.com
Mass. life science industry hits a slump — but these regions are bucking the trend

Massachusetts' life sciences industry just posted its first job decline in more than a decade — but the pain isn't spread evenly. Here's where the jobs are going, and where they aren't.

finance.yahoo.com logo
Jun 13 • 5:43 AM EDT • Science • finance.yahoo.com
Mass. life science industry hits a slump — but these regions are bucking the trend

Massachusetts' life sciences industry just posted its first job decline in more than a decade — but the pain isn't spread evenly. Here's where the jobs are going, and where they aren't.

masslive.com logo
Jun 13 • 5:43 AM EDT • Science • masslive.com
In Retrospect: Poland, Russia, Europe

In April I spent a few days with Zryw, a Polish non-profit organization that recruits young people to enter politics and public life. Their aim is to build a new generation of civic leaders in Poland. I’ve followed their evolution from the beginning; my son is one of the founders. (“Zryw” means “impulse” or “burst of speed” in Polish). Julie Chmielewska, one of Zryw’s leaders, interviewed me at the event. Here is the conversation, lightly edited for grammar and context: Julia Chmielewska: Assuming that culture shapes institutions, could we conclude that some cultures are more prone to authoritarianism? Anne Applebaum: I don’t think so. Every culture, every nation, and every country has the potential for change. When we look at history, we can see that nations do change. Poland has changed, for example, from the 1980s to today. There’s a completely different mentality here than the one I encountered when I first visited, in 1988. The current generation sees the world through a different frame. So no, I don’t believe that certain nations are doomed to authoritarianism, or to anything. Of course, there are political and cultural traditions, but they can always be challenged. JC: So do you think there’s something intrinsic in human nature that pushes people to democracy, freedom? AA: I think there is something in human nature, a deep instinct, that pushes people towards freedom, yes. People who live in authoritarian countries – and I’ve heard this from them over and over again – sooner or later find themselves angered by a feeling of helplessness. They can see the unfairness of crooked courts, irrational political decisions. They naturally dislike the fact that somebody has all the power while they have none. In those circumstances, people who have no political background at all sometimes are politicized just by that frustration. I’m thinking of Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, for example, who was a Belarusian housewife, until the circumstances of her husband’s arrest forced her to become a politician. I met a woman who is a Uyghur from China, and who had come to live in Turkey. After several of her family members were arrested, she too was propelled into a political role. These kinds of experiences make people interested in democracy or political reform, even if they thought they didn’t care. I also think that the opposite is true: some people instinctively prefer homogeneity, order, hierarchy. They don’t like the confrontation of opinions or the noise of debate, and they lean towards a single leader or a unified regime. I think that most of modern history is shaped by the clash between those two different sides of human nature. JC: Which force do you find more powerful today? AA: I think they both have a lot of power and there’s no way of predicting who wins. Even in countries that seem very shut off or stuck in an authoritarian system can change. We’ve seen that happen. And vice versa, I think democracies can also begin to fail and slide into authoritarianism. So it’s very important not to be complacent in either direction. JC: I want to go into your history and your experiences. You’ve lived in Russia during a time of incredible change in the late 80s, and then you came back to do research in post-Soviet Russia. AA: I was a student in Russia just before the collapse of the Soviet Union. I then traveled and worked there extensively in the 1990s, and I met people who really were full of hope. They hoped that Russia could become a democracy, or at least a place that guaranteed freedom of speech, freedom of the press. These weren’t ideas that came from Washington. Although now the narrative in the Kremlin is different, I met many people who were working towards exactly that kind of transformation. A friend of mine ran a series of seminars – once a year, and then later several times a year, in cities all over Russia – designed to get people to discuss politics in new ways. She invited young politicians and journalists, as well as foreigners. I went to many of them, in Moscow as well as Volgograd and Novosibirsk. Over two decades, hundreds of people came to these seminars, and all of them wanted Russia to be different. I remain convinced that many Russians still want Russia to be different. It’s just that the old system, in the form of Putin, a representative of that system, returned. The KGB reimposed their power. And this wasn’t because of something to do with culture, this was to do with money and politics, and who was in charge. JC: You’ve partially answered my question... I wanted to ask whether that excitement of the 1990s was an exception from the Russian historical norm which has been rather authoritarian? AA: Of course, if you look at the history of Russia since the 18th century, there have always been liberal groups, reformers and revolutionaries. There were the Decembrists, in the early 19th century, and the rural populists later on, who tried to organize the peasantry. A significant group of liberal Russians appeared at the turn of the 20th century, people like the father of the writer Vladimir Nabokov, who was a Russian politician before the revolution. These groups were small in number, but sometimes had a broader significance. The Russian dissident movement in the 1950s and 1960s actually invented the modern human rights movement. It was their idea to hold the leaders of the Soviet Union accountable for the language they used, to remind them of the treaties they had signed and the promised they had made. They created the Helsinki group, for example, that held Soviet leadership to the language of the Helsinki Treaty, which formally ended the Second World War and which contained guarantees of human rights, at least on paper. That idea spread to Eastern Europe, and similar tactics were used here in Poland. (Benjamin Nathans recently wrote a great book about the Soviet dissidents, To the Success of Our Hopeless Cause) JC: But seemingly, even if they do ever get power, they could never hold on to it. AA: We don’t know, because they have never really had power. But in any case, we also don’t know what will happen in the future. There is no reason to assume that Russia will forever be condemned to totalitarianism. Even during the first fifteen years of Putin’s regime there was some form of democratic politics. Only when the full-scale war began did he bring everything to an end: he shut down all remaining independent organizations and killed his most important opponent, Alexi Navalny. But does that mean he is popular, that he enjoys legitimacy? Even now, we don’t really know what Russians think about him, or about the war. There is no way of doing real polling in Russia because nobody will answer an independent pollster over the phone. JC: Do you think that the flock of young people, especially young men, who fled Russia after the start of the war represent a continuation of liberal movements that refuse to partake in the authoritarian state, or do you think they are moving for the sake of self-preservation – “I don’t want to go to the army, so I leave”? AA: I’m sure it’s both. I actually know many people who left Russia for political reasons either in the very last years before the war, or else just after the war began. JC: And do you see a change in the young generation versus the old one that have fled? AA: It’s hard for me to say because the people who I know were mostly already politicized. I do know some younger people who left, but most of them were already either active in the opposition, or working as journalists. Many of them very self-consciously think of themselves as maintaining Russian culture abroad, just as in the 20th century the Soviet dissidents or the anti-communist White Russians once thought of themselves as people who maintained the true Russian culture, outside of Bolshevik Russia. JC: Let’s move on to Poland. One of your first experiences with Poland was reporting on Margaret Thatcher’s first state visit, in the autumn of 1988. You followed her around the farmers’ market. AA: She was making a symbolic gesture. She wanted to welcome free markets, but the only one she could really visit was the farmers’ market at Hala Mirowska. JC: And I want to talk about this area because today you can look out of any window in that district, Mirów, and see rows and rows of skyscrapers. How does it feel to see a country built from the ground in such a short time, both politically and economically? AA: You know, when you’re living in a period of dramatic change, it’s always hard to know whether the change is positive or negative. The transformation in Poland created winners and losers, as well as new classes of people, new political movements of different kinds. At the time, it sometimes just felt like turbulence. Now, we can look back at the 1990s and early 2000s in Poland and see in retrospect that the country was headed in towards prosperity and European integration. In around 2009 or 2010, I remember speaking to a woman who worked cleaning government offices, and who asked me if her daughter should study in Amsterdam or in London. This seemed to me to be a real transformation, and it happened very fast: within a few years, Poles stopped feeling like second-class Europeans, and a generation of younger Poles appeared who had no qualms about crossing borders. JC: We again live in turbulent times. Do you think we’re heading towards positive outcomes? AA: I can’t make predictions, because everything that happens tomorrow depends on what people do today. Also, history doesn’t have a trajectory. It doesn’t move in a particular direction. You only think it does afterwards. As I said, you can look afterwards at Poland in the 1990s and you could say this was a period of great progress. But not everybody at the time saw that. Sometimes people are very wrong about a given country’s trajectory. I remember people writing about Ukraine in the 1990s, about how dangerous it was that Ukraine was independent, that this was going to be an anti-semitic state, that Ukrainian nationalism was going to come back... and although you can say many bad things about Ukraine, the country made many bad choices, actually it became a pretty tolerant state which now has a Jewish president and until recently a Muslim defense minister. JC: In the 1990s Poland’s and Ukraine’s GDP were roughly similar. Ukraine was even a bit richer. So the starting point was similar for both of these countries, but they’ve turned out very, very differently. Even if we stop in 2014. Why do you think Ukraine “chose East”? Was it external influence? AA: No, I think Ukraine was in a different position. First of all, central and eastern Ukraine had been part of the Soviet Union since the 1920s, and had therefore experienced a longer period of occupation, repression, Sovietization and even Russification. Ukraine did not have, as Poland did, an alternative elite: a large cadre of economists and politicians, who already had some experience in opposition politics and in independent thinking. In Poland, the transformative finance minister, Leszek Balcerowicz, had already thought about how an economy might be decentralized before he took office. We can argue about how successful he was, but at least he was prepared to try something new. In Ukraine, people weren’t prepared. For one, there hadn’t been much space even for an illegal opposition in the previous couple of decades. Ukraine was also in many ways still emerging from colonial occupation. For the previous couple of centuries, many of the most capable Ukrainians had moved to Russia, and the first generation of leaders in independent Ukraine tended to be former Soviet apparatchiks. They didn’t immediately seek to become closer to western Europe. Instead, they looked for some kind of economic and political “third way” and an accomodation with Russia. Ukraine became stuck in this position, half-in, half-out and became pretty profoundly corrupt. JC: The Polish alternative elite had a vision of where they wanted the country to go. I think the general perception now is that this vision ends with the next election, right? Is this a natural process of gaining power? AA: Their vision, and it was shared by the time by politicians who now call themselves both left and right, was that Poland should join the EU and NATO, as fast as possible. My husband (Radek Sikorski) was in the very first government that said it wanted to join NATO. At the time this was taken very badly in Washington: the demand for NATO membership absolutely came from Poland, not from the US. But even then, in the early 1990s, many Poles already understood that the Russian sphere of influence would grow once again, that it was important to become part of the transatlantic alliance and an integrated Europe as fast as possible: NATO, the EU, the Council of Europe, all of the trading and security alliances. That consensus lasted through several different governments and over many years, even governments containing former communists. For twenty years, right, left and center disagreed about many things, but they all agreed on the direction that the country should go. In retrospect, that consensus created the basis for prosperity in Poland. JC: And regarding the Polish-Ukrainian relations. We know that antagonisms, e.g. the myth of Wołyń [a massacre of Poles that took place in what is now Western Ukraine, in 1943] are increasingly used in Polish political discourse today. In Ukraine, nationalist historians make heroes out of UPA, the Ukrainian revolutionary army, which is held responsible for this tragedy. Where do you see a start for burying the hatchet? Is the reconciliation of our nations possible? AA: So here’s a strange thing: For more than a decade after they both gained independence, Poland and Ukraine participated in a number of projects that were designed to solve exactly these kinds of Polish-Ukrainian differences. Books were published that were jointly written by Polish and Ukrainian historians, monuments were built. These projects were successful: If you’d asked me this question in 2010, I would have said that there are no real historical issues between Poland and Ukraine, that the two countries had mostly reconciled. For a number of reasons, this began to shift. In Poland, children and grandchildren of victims of the Wołyń massacre felt their tragedy hadn’t been fully recognized. In Ukraine, nationalist groups wanted the UPA partisans who had fought against the Soviet Union recognized for their heroism, despite the fact that some in this broad and not well-defined group were also linked to Wołyń. In both eastern Poland and western Ukraine, the memory of the ethnic cleansing that took place there in the late 1940s - Poles were moved West, Ukrainians East - to accomodate new borders has left feelings of displacement and bitterness. The wave of Ukrainian immigration, which started before the war, may have provoked some of this. But don’t underestimate the role played by Russia, which has always wanted to create discord between Poland and Ukraine, and pumps out propaganda to that effect in both countries. Vandalism on both sides of the border, damage done to cemeteries and monuments, is sometimes carried out by provacateurs working for Russia, just to create bad feelings. The Polish-Ukrainian conflict also hides a different reality: although there are real grievances and bad memories, the truth is that the biggest tragedies both nations experienced in the twentieth century were inflicted by the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany. That should unite these two countries, not divide them. JC: This week (19.04.2026 – Ed.) in Hungary we saw that using historical narratives to create grievance has no longer worked. Are you optimistic about the direction after Orban’s loss? AA: The Hungarian election was really important because it shows that people can actually resist powerful, dominant propaganda. The ruling party Fidesz controlled all of the TV, 90% of the newspapers, the constitutional court, the bureaucracy... and yet people had the nerve to vote against it and resist it. It’s also an important election because Hungary created a huge network of well-funded think tanks and foundations that were funding other far right groups and projects. So that loss is going to have a knock-on effect in other places too, maybe even in Poland. JC: What you’ve said about resisting propaganda reminds me of one of the interviews you did about talking to Russians in the post-Soviet era who claimed that people knew that the system was lying. Why do people choose to believe in these regimes anyway? AA: Because it’s useful. Stephen Kotkin, an American historian, once described how people would learn how to “speak Bolshevik”: It was just a language that you needed to use in order to get by in society. If you didn’t talk the way the regime wanted you to talk, then you might have problems, or lose your job, or your kids would not get into university. It was a way of getting along. Communist Poland was similar, at least in the early years. When I was writing a book about the Sovietization of Eastern Europe after World War II, I met a lot of people who wanted to talk a lot about the war, when many of them had done really heroic things. But almost nobody wanted to talk about the decade afterwards, between 1945 and 1956. This was when you had the short period of terror, violence and Polish Stalinism. To stay safe, people felt the need to just go along with what others were saying, or stay out of politics, or use communist jargon without necessarily believing it. I don’t judge them for it, and I wouldn’t describe all of those people as collaborators. It’s easy to feel moral certainty in retrospect, because we know that communism ended. But if you were living in 1949, it might not have been clear to you that communism was going to end. In very repressive societies, maybe about 10% of people who are really evil – collaborators, torturers. Maybe 10% of people are really brave and who find ways to resist. And then around 80% of people have kids, they have parents, they have to have jobs and they’ve had to get through it somehow. Strange though it may sound, I’ve found that the work I did on that book is now very useful in explaining some of what’s going on in the United States today. There are plenty of members of the Republican Party in Congress who know perfectly well that Donald Trump says many things that aren’t true. But they avoid criticizing him because it’s inconvenient, because they would get in trouble, because someone would attack them on the internet. So actually you don’t even need mass terror to get people to conform. JC: Is Gen Z reinventing agency? AA: We’ll see. In any generation you can find groups of people who want agency. If you live in a society that’s unfair, for example where a tiny number of people have captured most of the wealth, then at a certain point people rebel. This is always easier for younger people, who have you have less to lose. The question now is how the internet will affect the relationships between citizens and the state, and how it will change organizations. The “Twitter revolutions” people spoke about as early as 2008-9, mass protests organized online, have often proved to be very superficial. Although you can easily join something just by clicking, the work of creating a real movement requires physical participation. Successful mass movements of the past, for example the Civil Rights movement in the United States, were built by people who had spent many years together. They had participated in non-violent workshops together. They practiced and prepared. Just using the you can get everybody to show up at a certain moment, but then when the protest is broken up, nothing happens. It’s also true that the repressive regimes have more recently learned how to use the internet to undermine leaders and movements. Most of all, they now understand how to make people cynical. The form of propaganda that most modern authoritarians use - and I think the Russians really pioneered this - deploys sneering cynicism. Instead of praising the rulers, the regime propagandists mock the opposition movement leadership for being supposedly corrupt or sexually degenerate, with the goal of undermining any kind of idealism. JC: MAGA grew on the internet? AA: MAGA is a real grassroots movement. They had symbols, red hats, they showed up at rallies. But you’re right that the cynicism, the sarcasm and the distrust that the movement embodies came originally from the internet, and this is different. Fifty years ago, most European political parties had a social base in real organizations, in trade unions for Social Democrats, in church groups for Christian Democrats. As people stopped going to church and as the trade unions became smaller, the social base of these parties disappeared. Now people who wouldn’t have known one another in the past meet on the internet and create new movements, many of which don’t last. JC: Is history ending? Going in stale circles? AA: History never ends. In truth, human beings want contradictory things at the same time: order and freedom, stability and change. These things are never resolved, and when a society swings too far in one direction, people always push it the other way. But each time that happens, the result is different. Certainly it is true that we are now in a period when old philosophers and ideas from the 1930s are undergoing a revival. Carl Schmitt, who was a philosopher who was very influential on the Nazis, is back as an influence on both the far left and the far right, once again inspiring people to think that all politics has to be existential, that all politics is about defining and defeating enemies. In the US, some are also bringing back dominionism, the idea that we need a Christian and not a secular state. It’s also true that we are living through a more fundamental shift. The old left-right divide, which was mostly about the size of the state, is much less important now. Instead, we are arguing about more fundamental things: what are our rights, what protects our freedom. Or how much power do we want to give small elites, versus how much power to give ordinary people. In America a small group of very wealthy people now control information, because they control the social media platforms and AI, which means they determine what people will read and learn. Finding a way to preserve preserve zones of autonomy and independent thinking, this is going to be the main task for the next generation. JC: What is the one book that a person interested in Central Europe should read? AA: You could read my book “Iron Curtain: the Crushing of Eastern Europe” which tells the story of how the Soviet Union imposed its culture on the region. Or read Tim Snyder’s history of the region, “The Reconstruction of Nations: Poland, Ukraine, Lithuania, Belarus 1569-1999.” And everyone should read “The Captive Mind” by Czesław Miłosz, which describes exactly the phenomenon we were talking about: why do people collaborate? I joined Scott Galloway and the brilliant Fiona Hill in a discussion about the wars in Ukraine and Iran, the future of global power, and what these conflicts reveal about America's role in the world. Scott told us that this was the 400th edition of his podcast, which is quite a number: My friend Francesco Chiamulera runs a brilliant series of literary events, Una Colline di Libri, A Hill of Books, in the Prosecco Hills, a region of vineyards and elegant hill towns in the Veneto, north of Venice. We did an event in Vittorio Veneto and also drove and biked around the countryside. Buy Autocracy Inc Buy Iron Curtain Open Letters, from Anne Applebaum is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Subscribe

anneapplebaum.substack.com logo
Jun 13 • 4:15 AM EDT • Politics • anneapplebaum.substack.com
UC grads launch mobile ice cream business

The duo moved to Cincinnati and 2012 and were looking for a new, fufilling venture in addition to their full-time jobs.

local12.com logo
Jun 12 • 10:35 PM EDT • Business • local12.com
AI was supposed to cut health care costs. One of its first jobs was charging you more, PwC report shows

AI is one of five potential drivers of health costs climbing up to 9% in 2027, according to PwC.

fortune.com logo
Jun 12 • 2:28 PM EDT • Health • fortune.com
😐 Neutral (17%)
wow
48%
love
28%
ahah
24%
COVID pandemic’s effect on nurse staffing confounds linear expectations

Many or most who left their jobs in the early 2020s—whether for other nursing jobs or entirely new work—were thinking about doing so prior to the pandemic.

healthexec.com logo
Jun 11 • 6:25 PM EDT • Health • healthexec.com
UVM Health cuts more jobs as budget strains continue

The hospital network announced a new round of layoffs after heavy cuts last year and a $300 million budget gap.

burlingtonfreepress.com logo
Jun 11 • 11:08 AM EDT • Health • burlingtonfreepress.com
Fury over Jared Kushner’s Albania project reaches doors of political elite

Protesters want the entire political establishment to step aside, including PM Rama, who insists the development will create jobs.

scmp.com logo
Jun 11 • 9:00 AM EDT • Politics • scmp.com
NFIB: SQ 832 will destroy small-business jobs, raise prices

According to the National Federation of Independent Business, SQ 832's substantial increase in labor costs would force many employers to raise prices,…

ocpathink.org logo
Jun 11 • 8:00 AM EDT • Business • ocpathink.org
Newsom handpicked a generation of California politicians. Can they help him run for president?

An entire generation of California elected officials owe their current jobs and their political prospects to Gavin Newsom.

calmatters.org logo
Jun 11 • 8:00 AM EDT • Politics • calmatters.org
AI is sparking a jobs boom

As Corporate America scrambles to fill artificial intelligence jobs, junior workers are getting left behind.

cnn.com logo
Jun 11 • 6:00 AM EDT • Business • cnn.com
How Trump’s reliance on ‘acting’ officials holding multiple jobs tests the Constitution

It feels odd that President Donald Trump tapped a housing expert to oversee the American intelligence community.

cnn.com logo
Jun 11 • 4:00 AM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
Ubisoft closing studios in Winnipeg and Belgrade and cutting publishing roles worldwide, 380 jobs at risk

Latest round of cuts includes refocusing Barcelona studio on Rainbow Six, with an unknown number of roles affected

gamesindustry.biz logo
Jun 10 • 1:00 PM EDT • Technology • gamesindustry.biz
Ubisoft cutting jobs and shutting Winnipeg and Belgrade studios

The French publisher could eliminate up to 380 roles.

gamedeveloper.com logo
Jun 10 • 12:59 PM EDT • Technology • gamedeveloper.com
Three of four Republicans who forced the release of the Epstein files are now out of jobs

With GOP Rep. Nancy Mace’s embarrassing fifth-place finish in the South Carolina gubernatorial primary Tuesday, three of the four House Republicans who forced the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files will soon no longer hold elected office.

cnn.com logo
Jun 10 • 11:20 AM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
New OMB rule could break science in the United States

The drug that saved your mother. The treatment your doctor recommended. The clinical trial that bought someone you love more time. None of it was inevitable. It required a system built to operate outside politics and sustained over decades, because science doesn’t operate on the timeline of a politician. That system is now under direct threat. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has proposed a new rule to regulate all federal grants, not just science, but housing, education, defense, NASA and everything in between, that would fundamentally change how research is conducted in the United States. There have been a lot of fires in the past 16 months, and if everything is an emergency, nothing is an emergency. But this is a very big deal. These rules would strip away the independence that has kept science from becoming a political tool. The good news is there’s still something we can all do. How the grant system was designed to work When I was a new faculty member, I was full of millions of ideas, so I sat down and wrote an NIH proposal. I worked on it for months and thought it was so good. Then I sent it to my mentor. It came back covered in comments. Places where my reasoning wasn’t as airtight as I’d thought, methods that could be stronger, gaps in my thinking that I had been too close to the work to see. It stung, as honest feedback always does, but peer review almost always makes the work better. In fact, it’s the backbone of how American science has functioned for generations. At NIH, submitted proposals go to a panel of scientists who have experience in the field. These are the people who can read research methods and spot their weaknesses, who understand when an experiment is designed well and when it isn’t. Applications are scored rigorously, and often only the top 3-20% of proposals receive funding. The people making funding decisions are required to justify them based on these reviews. To be clear: this is not a perfect system, and good science still goes unfunded more often than any of us would like due to limited resources. There is also criticism that peer review may undervalue bold ideas that are risky but could have high payoffs. But the peer review system is nonetheless a meaningful part of the grant selection process. While thoughtful and careful changes could improve the system, the changes being proposed by OMB will not make things better. The rule that could change everything Through this OMB proposal, the system that helps decide what gets funded is being dismantled. There are many troubling elements buried in this proposal, but three provisions stand out in particular. Each would be damaging alone. Together, they would change what kind of science gets done in America, and who it serves. 1. Political appointees would decide which science gets funded, and peer review would be explicitly sidelined or ignored. The guidelines your doctor follows, the standards that determine what’s in your air and water, the drugs that get approved for your family: all of it starts with a funding decision. Right now, that decision is made by scientists who can evaluate whether the work is actually sound and whether it could move the needle forward. Under this proposal, funding decisions could be made by political appointees. The careful, expertise-driven review process that shapes grant funding would be effectively sidelined. That means that a poorly designed study could get funded simply because someone in a political office liked the sound of it, while rigorous, important work doesn’t get funded because it no longer aligns with the administration’s priorities. In other words, critical work that benefits all of us could now be missed just because it has become politically inconvenient. 2. Grants could be canceled at any point, without warning, in the middle of ongoing work. Say your tax dollars have been paying for a cancer study for two years. The grant was awarded for five years, so the team is mid-experiment. There are three additional years’ worth of answers that could change how the disease is treated for hundreds of thousands of people. With this new rule, the federal government could cancel the remaining funding tomorrow, walk away from the commitment it made with your money, and have no legal obligation to finish what it started. This is a huge waste of money. There are rarely other sources of funding for this work, which means the team, the graduate students, postdocs, and research staff who have dedicated years of their careers to this project could lose their jobs. Patients who have contributed their time to studies may not see it turn into useful learnings for others. Every hour of work already completed could result in nothing useful. Science can take decades to get to tangible outcomes. It needs a stable funding system to flourish. 3. Researchers would have a harder time communicating their findings without pre-approval from the federal government. There is a saying from Sir Mark Walport: “Science isn’t finished until it’s communicated.” Science is no use to anyone if it is kept locked away in the labs that produced the data. The proposed rule could make communicating research findings harder in a number of ways: Make it harder for scientists to widely share their findings in scientific journals. Publication costs, including journal fees that allow for broad public access, could not be paid for by federal funds which is often how scientists pay these costs. Restrict researchers from engaging publicly about how their findings should inform policy or public health guidelines. This would restrict scientists from doing the work that transforms years of lab work into decisions that actually affect people’s lives. Make it harder for scientists to attend conferences. Conferences would now need to be approved by the federal agency at the time of grant award. This disadvantages conferences or publications that are not politically aligned. Conferences are a key way in which scientists learn about work happening in their field so they can collaborate and build on each other’s findings. What good is science with a muzzle? The long-term impact These changes could (and hopefully would) be reversed under the next administration. But by then, damage has been done. Once projects are halted or denied funding by political appointees, people leave their science careers for other paths or even leave the country to do their amazing science elsewhere. You cannot pause a scientific study the way you pause a subscription you decided isn’t useful anymore. You cannot freeze a research team that depends on salaries to feed their families, causing a scramble for replacement funding that, in most cases, simply does not exist. When the money stops, everything stops, and all the work in progress and its potential are lost. Despite all of the language about reducing waste, fraud, and abuse, this new proposed rule increases the administrative burden tremendously. Every researcher watching this unfold will make a rational decision: don’t start anything that will take a decade to finish. This includes not building a team around funding that could vanish, or asking the big questions that need patience and stability to answer. The most consequential science, the kind that produces the treatments and the breakthroughs that reach your doctor’s office twenty years from now, is exactly the science that would be abandoned first. This is still a proposal, so we can all do something Some worry this rule is already a done deal. But by law, OMB is required to open a public comment period. Those comments matter because they inform members of Congress, they can be used in litigation, and they create a public record. So here’s what you can do: Submit a public comment. The public comment period on this proposed change is open until July 13. Anyone can submit a comment, and OMB is required to respond to substantial ones. Each comment must be different to count as distinct; identical comments will be counted only once. Comment as an individual, not on behalf of your organization. Here’s a full resource to help you, with useful examples, but in general: Share a story about how science or federal funding has benefitted you or is involved in your work. Are you or someone you loved a cancer survivor? Do you know someone with Alzheimer’s? Have you received NIH/NSF or other federal funding? All of these can be stories you use to highlight why you care. Explain why you’re worried about these proposed changes. You can use the wording found here or in other resources to help you. Ask them to withdraw this proposed rule. Contact your elected representatives. Congress allocates money to federal agencies to spend, and it has oversight of how that process works. You can let your representatives know this proposed change concerns you and ask them to intervene. There are levers they can push that can help at this moment. Let others know why federal funding matters. This isn’t just about science, but ALL federal grants, including for education systems, defense projects, and more. The process, including the importance of federal funding, is invisible to many. We can all make it more visible by sharing how science benefits us and why we value it. You can also share this article, or any of the resources linked here, to help spread awareness! Bottom line We are quickly losing ground in scientific research in the U.S. More changes, like the proposed rule by OMB, would decimate our ability to conduct research here, leaving us all worse off: fewer treatments for pancreatic cancer, less research on pollution impacts, fewer answers for patients with rare disease, and more unaddressed health needs. The impact will be very real for all of us, regardless of where we stand politically. Using our voices for science is more important than ever. Love, LM Big thanks to Dr. Megan Ranney for reading this over and providing brilliant insights, as always. Dr. Liz Marnik, PhD, is Executive Director of The Evidence Collective at YLE and a science communicator and immunologist working at the intersection of public trust, science, and public health. You can find her on Substack, LinkedIn, Instagram and Threads. Your Local Epidemiologist (YLE) comprises a team of experts, ranging from physicians to immunologists to epidemiologists to nutritionists, working together with one goal: to “Translate” ever-evolving public health science so that people are well-equipped to make evidence-based decisions. The YLE suite of newsletters reaches over 475,000 people across more than 132 countries. This newsletter is free to everyone, thanks to the generous support of fellow YLE community members. To support the effort, subscribe or upgrade below: Subscribe

yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com logo
Jun 10 • 6:04 AM EDT • Science • yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com
Could Bill Pulte be a FISA-shaped problem for the Trump Administration?

By tapping an underqualified ally for one of the most sensitive intelligence jobs on Earth, the president is risking a major legislative miss.

theweek.com logo
Jun 10 • 2:00 AM EDT • Politics • theweek.com
Deep dive
😐 Neutral (13%)
ahah
51%
wow
27%
love
22%
'Iconic' Australian BBQ chain goes out of business after almost 50 years

Barbecues Galore will close dozens of stores across the country with the loss of about 500 jobs.

bbc.com logo
Jun 9 • 10:31 PM EDT • Business • bbc.com
😐 Neutral (-1%)
wow
56%
ahah
22%
love
22%
Despite hot jobs report, small businesses pull back on hiring amid cost concerns

Small business owners appear to be pulling back on hiring plans, despite the government's release of a hotter-than-expected jobs report just days ago.

komonews.com logo
Jun 9 • 5:49 PM EDT • Business • komonews.com
Democratic National Committee: Local small businesses continue to suffer under Trump and his cost-spiking Republicans, forcing them to raise prices on families and cut jobs for workers

According to new data released today by The National Federation of Independent Business, small businesses throughout America continue to suffer under Donald Trump and his cost-spiking Republicans. With everything — from food and utilities to gas and building materials — becoming more...

wispolitics.com logo
Jun 9 • 3:13 PM EDT • Business • wispolitics.com
University of Vermont Health eliminates 76 jobs, restructures 66 roles

Dozens of jobs are either being eliminated or restructured at the University of Vermont Health Network as administrators work to streamline services and reduce massive financial strain.

mynbc5.com logo
Jun 9 • 3:01 PM EDT • Health • mynbc5.com
UVM Health Network to eliminate dozens of jobs amid financial pressures

It comes as the network is facing a projected $300 million financial gap over the next three years.

wcax.com logo
Jun 9 • 2:43 PM EDT • Health • wcax.com
UVM Health cuts 142 jobs — an estimated $9 million in staff positions

The cuts come as the hospital network faces an expected $300 million budget deficit and increasing pressure to cut costs.

vtdigger.org logo
Jun 9 • 2:07 PM EDT • Health • vtdigger.org
Salesforce cuts jobs again as AI threat lingers

The SaaS giant has been hit by concern that AI could replace some traditional software services.

businessinsider.com logo
Jun 9 • 11:51 AM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com
Ohio Small Business Job Openings Decline in May

NFIB’s May Jobs Report shows little change in the employment market as the Small Business Employment Index remained essentially flat.

businessjournaldaily.com logo
Jun 9 • 4:48 AM EDT • Business • businessjournaldaily.com
Meta launches $115M skilled trades academy with guaranteed jobs for graduates in 4 states

Meta launches America's Workforce Academy with $115 million investment, offering free skilled trades training with guaranteed jobs for all graduates.

foxbusiness.com logo
Jun 8 • 5:15 PM EDT • Business • foxbusiness.com
What It Takes To Be A Top Tier Entertainment Lawyer in 2026

Share I’ve recently run several popular posts breaking down data related to sought after legal jobs. General Counsel Big Law Appellate Attorney Here is another in this series. Two Lawyers, One Elite Market Entertainment law can sound like a single professional category. In practice, the lawyers who reach the top of the Hollywood market often look quite different from one another. Consider two attorneys from the 2025 top-entertainment-law universe. Lesley Freeman represents one route: the company-side entertainment lawyer. She is chief legal officer of AGBO, where she oversees company-wide business and legal affairs across film, television, video game and interactive experiences, and technological innovation, after senior legal roles at MGM, Amazon MGM Studios, HBO, and O’Melveny. Daniel Petrocelli represents another route: the outside-counsel trial lawyer. He is chair of O’Melveny’s trial practice and a vice chair of the firm, with a national litigation practice that includes entertainment, sports, and media disputes. Their careers differ by platform, role, practice area, and professional identity. One sits inside an entertainment company; the other practices from a major law firm. One is associated with corporate and governance work; the other with litigation. Yet both fall within the same publicly recognized top tier of Hollywood lawyers. That contrast points to the article’s central question. If there is no single mold for a top entertainment lawyer, are the paths simply idiosyncratic, or do they follow recurring patterns? The data suggest the latter. The attorneys recognized on The Hollywood Reporter and Variety’s 2025 top-attorney lists do not follow one career template, but their paths are not random. They cluster around several defined routes: entertainment-focused private practice, company-side or operator experience, corporate and finance conversion, litigation conversion, public-service-to-litigation pathways, and smaller specialized lanes in labor, employment, and celebrity family law. Across those routes, the recurring ingredients are platform strength, educational capital or Los Angeles market proximity, long career tenure, specialized practice identity, and entertainment-industry fluency. The article examines five dimensions of the top-attorney sample: route into entertainment law, firm or organizational platform, education pipeline, seniority, and practice specialization. Data and Methodology The dataset includes 103 attorneys drawn from The Hollywood Reporter and Variety’s 2025 lists of top entertainment or Hollywood attorneys. For each attorney, the dataset tracks current organization, law school, J.D. year where available, first-known bar admission year, practice area, prior roles, platform type, and route into entertainment law. The sample is best understood as a recognized-attorney dataset, not a census of all entertainment lawyers. It captures lawyers who reached public top-tier recognition in 2025, rather than every lawyer practicing in the entertainment sector. Multiple but Defined Routes Into Entertainment Law The first question is how these lawyers entered the entertainment-law market. Because every attorney in the dataset is entertainment-related by definition, the key distinction is not whether they practice entertainment law. It is how they got there. The largest group followed what might be called the entertainment private-practice route. These attorneys appear to have built their practices around entertainment, media, talent, music, rights, production, intellectual property, or adjacent industry work relatively early. That route accounts for 40 of the 103 attorneys in the sample, or 38.8%.

legalytics.substack.com logo
Jun 8 • 12:46 PM EDT • Entertainment • legalytics.substack.com
Report: U.S. Business Travel Now Accounts for More Than 2% of Economy

Business travel within and to the United States continues to be a major engine powering the nation’s economy and growth, generating $623.8 billion in total gros | Findings reveal business travel supports 6.7 million U.S. jobs and accounts for 2.1% of GDP, underscoring its role as a critical driver of economic growth nationwide.

travelagentcentral.com logo
Jun 8 • 12:00 PM EDT • Business • travelagentcentral.com
Manitowoc business news recap — what you missed in May

Here are the most-read Manitowoc stories from May, from church sale news to jobs, cranes and property transfers.

htrnews.com logo
Jun 8 • 5:59 AM EDT • Business • htrnews.com
People love working from home. But does it love them back? A new study says no

A new study finds that people in remote jobs are more socially isolated, anxious and sad, compared to people not in remote jobs. But demanding everyone return to the office isn't the answer either, say researchers.

npr.org logo
Jun 8 • 5:00 AM EDT • Health • npr.org
High-Signal Publisher
Goldman Sachs pushes Fed rate-cut call to 2027 on strong US jobs data

Goldman Sachs expects the U.S. Federal Reserve to keep rates unchanged through 2026 and delay rate cuts until 2027, it ​said on Friday, citing stronger economic activity and job growth ‌after a robust payrolls report.

reuters.com logo
Jun 8 • 12:46 AM EDT • Business • reuters.com
America In Focus: US job market is rebounding, but economic frustration persists

U.S. employers added a surprising 172,000 jobs in May as the labor market continued to show resilience in the face of rising costs from the Iran war.

seattletimes.com logo
Jun 6 • 10:11 AM EDT • Business • seattletimes.com
Chicago businesses 'hurt' and concerned over Bears plan to move ahead with Hammond stadium

Community group Near South Planning Board said the team's move out of Soldier Field will result in potential economic losses for Chicago, from less tourism and visitor spending to fewer jobs.

chicago.suntimes.com logo
Jun 5 • 6:33 PM EDT • Business • chicago.suntimes.com
Deep dive
😐 Neutral (4%)
love
42%
wow
33%
ahah
25%
LARRY KUDLOW: Trump loves business, and business is booming

The Trumpian boom: jobs rising more than double the predications, prior months revised higher. wage income beating inflation

foxbusiness.com logo
Jun 5 • 5:34 PM EDT • Business • foxbusiness.com
Morning Preview: A Jobs Report Surprise, Immigration Showdown and Rising Heat Risks

Today, economists and consumers are reacting to a better-than-expected job report and regulators are rethinking how schools spend billions on internet access and classroom technology. At the same time, the first major heat waves of the season are putting pressure on public health systems as summer ...

usnews.com logo
Jun 5 • 10:02 AM EDT • Health • usnews.com
VIEW Strong May jobs number sends yields, rate expectations higher

The U.S. economy posted another month of strong employment gains in May, confirming that the labor market was gaining traction after stumbling last year and sending short-term interest rates higher on Friday morning in the face of inflation stemming from the war with Iran.

reuters.com logo
Jun 5 • 9:14 AM EDT • Business • reuters.com
US rate futures raise rate hike odds in December after jobs data

U.S. interest rate ​futures on Friday increased the ‌chances that the Federal Reserves will raise interest rates by the ​December policy meeting after ​a blockbuster payrolls number for ⁠May, which sharply exceeded market expectations.

reuters.com logo
Jun 5 • 8:53 AM EDT • Business • reuters.com
US economy added 172,000 jobs in May, beating expectations

The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that 172,000 jobs were added in May, beating economist expectations of 85,000 while unemployment held at 4.3%.

foxbusiness.com logo
Jun 5 • 8:31 AM EDT • Business • foxbusiness.com
Steve Jobs in Exile is a fine profile of Jobs' years at NeXT

“Why don’t we just frickin’ call Apple?”...

arstechnica.com logo
Jun 5 • 7:15 AM EDT • Technology • arstechnica.com
Small Businesses Dominate May 2026 Hiring, With Annual Pay Looking Strong

Small businesses with one to 49 employees accounted for more than half of private sector hiring in May, adding 67,000 of the total 122,000 jobs created, according to a June 3 report from payroll service company ADP. Employees at small businesses with 20 to 49 employees also saw pay gains, with me

forbes.com logo
Jun 4 • 5:13 PM EDT • Business • forbes.com
US Small Business Hiring Plans Drop to Lowest Since May 2020

The share of US small businesses saying they’re planning new hires or are having trouble filling jobs fell in May to a six-year low, according to the National Federation of Independent Business.

bloomberg.com logo
Jun 4 • 4:08 PM EDT • Business • bloomberg.com
NFIB Jobs Report: Small Business Job Openings Decline

Report finds Main Street owners contend with increased labor costs

nfib.com logo
Jun 4 • 2:16 PM EDT • Business • nfib.com
Deep dive
😐 Neutral (5%)
ahah
47%
wow
33%
love
20%
Black businesses as community anchors: History, economic power, and the fight to reserve it

Black-owned businesses play a vital role in building community wealth, jobs, and opportunity. Join Brookings for a discussion on new research, business ownership parity, and strategies to strengthen Black business ecosystems.

brookings.edu logo
Jun 4 • 12:20 PM EDT • Business • brookings.edu
☹️ Negative (-17%)
The Master’s In Business Analytics Built For The Question AI Can’t Answer

Data jobs are growing. AI is raising the bar. Here’s how the Darla Moore MSBA prepares graduates for the analytics careers of tomorrow.

poetsandquants.com logo
Jun 4 • 7:00 AM EDT • Business • poetsandquants.com
Iran conflict hasn’t slowed the economy, but rising inflation coaxes businesses to freeze hiring

The largest part of the economy grew faster in May even as businesses had to cope with the worst inflation in several years, but it came at a cost to jobseekers. Many companies have adopted temporary hiring freezes to offset their own rising costs.

marketwatch.com logo
Jun 3 • 10:36 AM EDT • Business • marketwatch.com
ECU College of Business takes students to Germany

Students traveled to Germany to meet with business leaders to explore possible internships or jobs overseas.

news.ecu.edu logo
Jun 3 • 9:44 AM EDT • Business • news.ecu.edu
Presbyterian to lay off more than 100 employees, shifts health care offerings

Presbyterian said it will end most Medicare Advantage plans in 2027 and cut about 150 health plan and administrative jobs.

kob.com logo
Jun 2 • 6:15 PM EDT • Health • kob.com
Orlando Health unveils plans for new hospital in Viera, Brevard County

Orlando Health plans to build a new hospital and medical office building in Brevard County, creating over 1,000 jobs and enhancing healthcare services.

wftv.com logo
Jun 2 • 9:43 AM EDT • Health • wftv.com
New laws extend tax credits for business expansion, childcare contributions | The Sum and Substance

One bill offers tax credits for companies creating 20 new jobs. The other gives tax breaks to Coloradans donating to childcare providers.

tsscolorado.com logo
Jun 1 • 2:17 PM EDT • Business • tsscolorado.com
JOINT RELEASE: Bill to Create Jobs and Support New Small Businesses Becomes Law

DENVER, CO - Governor Jared Polis on May 29 signed a bill into law to expand eligibility for the successful CLIMBER (Colorado Loans to Increase Mainstreet Business Economic Recovery) program to better equip small businesses for success, create more good-paying jobs and support local economies.

senatedems.co logo
Jun 1 • 12:57 PM EDT • Business • senatedems.co
Devin Galetta leaves Department of Financial Services to lead Luke Murphy's CD 2 campaign

Galetta served as Deputy CFO under Blaise Ingoglia since July and held jobs in state government for 21 years.

floridapolitics.com logo
Jun 1 • 9:35 AM EDT • Politics • floridapolitics.com
Private credit lent $560 billion to US businesses since 2023, MFA report shows

Private credit funds provided nearly $560 billion in new loans to U.S. businesses over the last three years, helping create more than 6.5 ​million jobs, according to a Managed Funds Association report seen ‌by Reuters.

reuters.com logo
Jun 1 • 7:08 AM EDT • Business • reuters.com
Apollo chief economist says there's no evidence AI is taking human jobs

Apollo Global Management's chief economist Torsten Sløk says the AI boom is creating more human jobs, not eradicating them.

businessinsider.com logo
May 31 • 2:25 PM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com