Today's deal between the FT and OpenAI shows there's money coming in. The question is how the Financial Times chooses to spend it. The company must invest in US staff if it wants to succeed in the US market. x.com/FTUSGuild/stat…

Starting your day by looking at your phone is damaging your focus. Start with mindfulness instead. s.hbr.org/3nKzsCN

Applauding FTC for helping workers take a step toward greater agency over their careers. And a message to companies that don't like it: become a workplace where employees want to stay.
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HBCUs continue to do the heavy lifting of educating this country’s future Black physicians and health professionals. Xavier University of Louisiana and Ochsner Health have agreed to form the fifth HBCU medical school in the country.

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Link: thegrio.com/2024/04/29/xav…

'Inconveniently for Trump, the U.S. crime rate is falling and statistics show that immigrants, documented or not, are less likely to commit crimes than native-born Americans.'

-- Jill Lawrence

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The winner of the $1.3 billion Powerball jackpot in Oregon last month is an immigrant from Laos who had been battling cancer for eight years. cbsn.ws/3Qqab0K

On the latest and very Chicago-centric ep of 'My Next Guest...' David Letterman and John Mulaney have a revealing, funny and poignant conversation at The Den Theatre, with stops at St. Ignatius and Rosebud along the way. It all makes for great television.
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Artist Isobelle Ouzman carves intricate 3D illustrations into discarded books found in dumpsters, recycling bins, and local thrift shops #womensart

The Ivy League is losing its standing as America’s producer of great talent. Here are the schools producing the hard-working high achievers that employers crave. trib.al/GDQzRpJ

Read a Profile of the first Native American Cabinet member, Deb Haaland, who has embraced the challenge of not only running the Department of Interior but redeeming it. nyer.cm/FWbHC5g

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Making courage a daily practice takes risk. But it also increases the chances of creating real change. s.hbr.org/3c16Th4

Back in March, Joe Biden, Bill Clinton and I sat down with three real icons – the hosts of “SmartLess” – to talk about everything from the economy and gun violence, to what we miss about being in office and the importance of sending Joe and Kamala back to the White House. We…

2nd place behind this excellent work by The Washington Post...

We'll take it.

The Chicago Sun-Times/WBEZ/Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project journalists who worked on our series included Tom Schuba Dan Haar Angela Rozas O'Toole Tony Arnold KevinGHall Angela Massino Justin Myers Brian Ernst

#NUSoC ! Don't miss this opportunity to support Prof. Ozge Samanci for her book talk this Thursday!

What's really happening on Columbia's campus, the epicenter of the college protests that have spread across the nation?

Student journalist Isabella Ramírez is editor of the Columbia Daily Spectator and clearly breaks down the reality on the ground.

Spring in Chicago's Lincoln Park

“And I think it’s really important for us to remind each other and our younger ones, don’t be confined to other people’s perception about what this looks like, and … how you should act in order to be right,” VP Kamala Harris said.

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Congrats to all Headliner Awards winners! Sarah Karp Kate N. Grossman & I won for our series on an IL program failing to help kids in a mental health crisis. Many thanks to the brave families & providers who helped us shine a light. Our stories: tinyurl.com/35hr9ywc WBEZ

They opened up more tickets and we are back down to 1. See you in London tomorrow night.