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An unassuming photo of a party dress showed how seeing is believing.

“This Article Won’t Change Your Mind,” lamented a March 2017 headline in the Atlantic, atop an article in which Senior Editor Julie Beck explained how in “charged situations, people often don’t engage with information as information but as a marker of identity. Information becomes tribal.” Beck surveyed social scientists and activists across the political spectrum to sound the alarm about the depredations of motivated reasoning. In the wake of President Donald Trump’s inauguration,...

More US states and cities are forcing companies to disclose wage data, to improve equity. But it’s not a complete solution to closing wage gaps.

Many employees are completing under-the-radar tasks after hours to get ahead. This kind of overwork has become normalised – and while not all bad, there’s an insidious dark side.

These days, workers expect to exceed their job descriptions if they want to get ahead – or even keep their positions at all. How did we get here?

Recent findings published in the journal Scientific Reports shed new light on the risks associated with the use of steroids among male athletes. This time, researchers found that bodybuilders with a history of steroid use were more likely to exhibit psychopathic tendencies, sexual and substance use risk-taking behaviors, and anger issues. ...

Technology has given young people a louder voice than ever before. Gen Z are angry – and unafraid to speak up.

People are increasingly berating service workers. There are forces at work that may explain why they’re bearing the brunt of customers’ ire.

In a time when flaunting your best self on social media has become a norm, narcissistic traits seem to be everywhere. 

Work-life balance, fair pay and value alignment: today’s youngest workers want it all – and are willing to walk away if they don’t get it.