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Four Generations, One Rainstorm, and Nobody Handling It Correctly

There is a moment, usually at a crosswalk in any major city, where four generations encounter the same rainstorm and reveal, in under thirty seconds, everything that has ever gone wrong with their worldview. The Baby Boomer stops completely. Not slows — stops. They consult the sky, the weather app, and their own lived experience.…

Big Department Stores No Longer Make Sense Because People No Longer Shop That Way

The Ribotsky Institute previously concluded that the structural weaknesses created by combining multiple struggling retailers would ultimately force Saks Fifth Avenue’s parent company to once again seek bankruptcy protection, a conclusion borne out by today’s bankruptcy filing. The economic reality forcing the bankruptcy did not come out of nowhere. It confirmed what had already been…

Iran’s Uprising Breaks the Activist–Media Narrative

As Iran’s streets erupt in what may be the most consequential uprising since the 1979 revolution, one question looms larger than the demonstrations themselves: where are the world’s human-rights activists now? Across all 31 provinces, Iranians are risking imprisonment, torture, and death to challenge a theocratic regime that has ruled for 45 years through fear,…

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Two Generations, One Country. Thousands of Questions – And a few Answers.

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