Debatable: Venezuela elections

As opposition leader María Corina Machado meets the US president, Washington is divided on when Venezuela should hold elections.

Trump swerves on health care subsidies

The president’s new health care plan doesn’t mention the enhanced Obamacare subsidies that lapsed at the end of 2025.

Why Macy’s Tony Spring thinks ‘the department store is here to stay’

A turnaround strategy focusing on the basics of merchandising and service is starting to show results.

Greg Hughes on how Suntory plans to revive global spirits sales

The CEO behind Jim Beam and Hibiki says bold goals and learning from failure build long-term growth.

Wall Street Banned Parents From Recording Kids Hockey. We Changed That.

How a Lever investigation exposed a darker side to big business' reign over youth sports.

Why American Students Don’t Protest The Iranian Government

Iran is in the midst of an uprising that has resulted in thousands, perhaps tens of thousands, of people being massacred, and many more people being imprisoned, and plenty blinded or otherwise maimed. In just two days the government may have killed over 10,000 people, although reliable information is difficult to come by, with the government having imposed a virtually complete shutdown of the internet. The Islamic Republic government has responded fiercely, and it seems like the repression is having its intended effect of quelling the protests. Iran’s government has long been brutal—there were over 300 executions in just the first four months of 2024, and the country uses grotesque punishments like flogging and amputation, severely restricts free expression, practices torture, and suppresses the rights of women and LGBTQ people. But this is a new and deadly escalation. 

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