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Companies are increasingly allowing professionals, particularly mothers, to work in fractional roles—splitting time across multiple part-time positions rather than committing to one full-time job. Nina Sodhi, cited as an example, used this arrangement to take extended time off, including a 55-day trip with her son, while still maintaining her career.
Blizzard Entertainment employees represented by the Communications Workers of America have voted to approve their first union contract, ending roughly two years of negotiations. The agreement covers about 1,900 workers and includes wage increases, hybrid work terms, disability and remote-work accommodations, expanded severance, and a requirement that Blizzard bargain over AI use in the workplace.
Brent crude climbed past the $100-per-barrel mark amid escalating US-Canada trade tensions, while Apple prepared to hold its annual product event, expected to unveil its first foldable iPhone. The event also marks the public debut of John Ternus, who recently took over as Apple's CEO, with analysts watching for potential price increases across the product lineup.
A Census Bureau report claiming to find 24,000 noncitizen voters in the 2020 election has been shown by a WIRED investigation to rely on faulty data and a rushed approval process. Several of the report's authors have ties to the Trump administration, including a former DOGE affiliate and researchers from the America First Policy Institute. Experts say the numbers likely stem from analytical errors rather than actual instances of illegal voting.
Fast Company has released its Best Workplaces for Innovators 2026 rankings, naming 22 companies in the North America category as standouts judged for fostering innovation. The winners span a wide size range, from small operations like Not Impossible Labs to established brands such as Radio Flyer.
A new book by Paul Osterman, titled Disposable Workers: The Transformation of Employment, finds that roughly 35% of the American workforce falls into precarious, insecure employment arrangements. Osterman outlines five key insights explaining how this shift has reshaped the nature of work and job security in the country.
A widely circulated document attributed to Osama bin Laden, first published around 2002, lists grievances against U.S. foreign policy—including support for Israel, military presence in Muslim countries, and sanctions—as justification for al-Qaeda's attacks. The text has recently regained attention online as users rediscover and share excerpts from it.
The Public Domain Review has spotlighted photographer John Margolies' extensive documentation of American vernacular roadside architecture, including motels, diners, and novelty buildings. The nonprofit outlet accompanied the feature with an appeal to readers for donations, noting it operates without ads or paywalls.
Physicians at Houston's Ben Taub Hospital have documented a cluster of previously undiagnosed kidney failure cases among young, otherwise healthy immigrant laborers from Mexico and Central America. Internist Ricardo Nuila suspects these cases resemble chronic kidney disease of unknown origin (CKDu), a condition long seen among sugarcane workers in El Salvador and other Central American countries but never before confirmed in the United States. The patients, many employed in physically demanding outdoor jobs like roofing, painting, and road paving, now require dialysis several times a week to survive.
More than 200 employees at the Wikimedia Foundation voted 158-14 to join the Communications Workers of America, with results tallied by the National Labor Relations Board. The unionizing group spans software engineering, finance and communications roles across the roughly 700-person, largely remote nonprofit behind Wikipedia.
Long-range forecasters say early data point to a Super El Niño forming ahead of winter 2026/2027, which is expected to produce a pronounced split-flow jet stream pattern across North America and Europe. The outlook combines ocean temperature trends, historical Super El Niño analogs, and early signs of a weakening polar vortex to project month-by-month temperature and snowfall trends across the US, Canada and Europe.
Uber and a number of other major companies are eliminating management positions held by leaders who oversee only a handful of direct reports, according to a report on corporate restructuring trends. These so-called micro-team bosses are being singled out as companies work to flatten organizational charts and reduce layers of middle management.