| Jan 7, 2015 | Economy / BusinessUnited Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, and several of John D. Rockefeller’s heirs have some investment advice for you. They want you, your college or alma mater, your local firefighters’ pension fund, and all other investors — big and...
| Dec 30, 2014 | Roundup|UncategorizedThis holiday season marks my fifth anniversary at the helm of the OtherWords editorial service. I’m proud of how high you’ve helped us raise the editorial bar on our shoestring budget and excited to see more and more newspaper and online editors welcoming our bylines...
| | Economy / BusinessIt’s been nine years since the last high schooler was selected in the NBA draft. That’s because back in 2005, the NBA raised the minimum age for eligibility to 19. With this rule in place, the days of high school students going straight to the pros are...
| | Rights / DemocracyMany American women are still told they have to choose between love and career. But for many immigrants, that outdated dilemma is legally enforced. “I am here legally but I don’t have the right to work or even open an independent bank account,” Rashi...
| | Economy / BusinessThe strangest part of seeing the Cuban embargo officially deemed past its use-by date is how long this took. I first traveled to Cuba in 1995, after convincing my editor that it would become a huge business story once President Bill Clinton normalized relations. Like...
