Asteroid City Is Too Stiff and Stylized

Wes Anderson’s Asteroid City is what happens when a filmmaker’s world of wonder and whimsy becomes a prison. Love Anderson or hate him, he at least has…

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A History of Elon Musk’s Twitter U-Turns

This Tuesday marked one full year since Twitter accepted Elon Musk’s $44 billion offer to buy the social network. The 12 months that followed were marked by…

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Cars Get Stuck at U.S. Garages in Spare-Parts Shortage

The world’s supply chain woes are bearing down on U.S. auto garages. The challenge of finding spare parts as mundane as oil filters or carpeting has forced…

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Amazon Sued by FTC and 17 States

The Federal Trade Commission and 17 state attorney generals filed an antitrust lawsuit against Amazon on Tuesday, alleging the e-commerce behemoth uses its position in the marketplace…

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McDonald’s Closes American Offices Amid Expected Layoffs

McDonald’s is temporarily shutting down its U.S. offices this week as it prepares to announce layoffs across the company’s corporate structure. In an email sent out to…

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As More Companies Make Net-Zero Pledges, Some Aren’t as Good as They Sound

At COP26, the U.N. climate summit in Glasgow, governments and businesses put forward ambitious-sounding plans to de-carbonize. But a closer look beneath the surface shows many corporate…

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More Than 100 Kids Were Illegally Employed In Dangerous Jobs

More than 100 children—some as young as 13—were employed in hazardous jobs cleaning equipment like skull splitters, brisket saws, and bone cutters in meatpacking plants in eight…

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Meet the 80 and 90-Somethings Who Still Want to Work

Wilmar Jensen passed the California bar and started practicing law the same year that Dwight D. Eisenhower became President and Elizabeth II took the throne as Queen…

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The One Thing Climate Week Made Clear

(To get this story in your inbox, subscribe to the TIME CO2 Leadership Report newsletter here.) One of the challenges writing about news as it unfolds is…

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