Crisis situations can bring out the best, worst, and stupidest behavior mankind has to offer. That’s doubly true when the crisis is in Florida, infamously…
DEVELOPING
Hurricane Irma has taken a turn toward the most catastrophically vulnerable big city in America
The devastatingly powerful Hurricane Irma has shifted west into the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico, with an expected track through the Tampa Bay…
INCLUDING SOME HUMANS
Sorry folks, but that gorilla isn’t actually dancing—and there are very few animals who actually can
Zola the gorilla’s joyous dancing briefly set the internet afire this week, with a routine seemingly inspired by the movie “Flashdance.” But internet remixes aside,…
DIVISION OF LABOR
A top female Alphabet executive is being floated as a candidate to clean up Uber’s toxic mess
Uber is in desperate need of a game-changing CEO after Travis Kalanick’s ouster last week—and one intriguing candidate is currently working at the company’s legal…
THIS IS A TRUE STORY
The season finale of “Fargo” tackles the “post-truth” chaos of the Trump era
This post contains spoilers. Creator Noah Hawley and the cast of the FX drama Fargo haven’t been coy about the influence of Donald Trump’s presidency…
INCENTIVES
Warren Buffett tries to explain the Wells Fargo scandal that undermined one of his biggest investments
Warren Buffett blames the fraud scandal at Wells Fargo on a case of misplaced incentives, compounded by the “huge, huge error” of ignoring whistleblowers. Wells…
RE-ROUTED
United CEO Oscar Munoz was re-accommodated from the chairman’s seat
United says that CEO Oscar Munoz won’t become the company’s chairman next year as previously planned—and possibly never will. Munoz was widely criticized for repeatedly…
PAYBACK
Overbooked, the game: Can you scheme with fellow passengers to make the airline pay?
United’s violent deplaning of a passenger in Chicago has put the airline industry’s business practices under a harsh spotlight—especially the common tactic of overselling seats…
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United’s passenger-dragging scandal is a rallying cry for flyers fed up with an unjust system
It’s Day Two of “re-accommodation-gate,” and the world’s fury at United Airlines shows no signs of abating. The video of a man who refused to…
INVOLUNTARY BUMP
Everything that went wrong in United’s violent passenger deplaning
United and its CEO Oscar Munoz are facing a wave of well-deserved outrage today for the airline’s handling over an overbooked flight last night, in…
The United States has launched dozens of missiles at Syrian government targets
The United States has launched dozens of missiles at a government airfield in western Syria. The attack comes hours after Trump said that “something should…
GREYBALL
If you thought it was creepy for Uber to track you at all times, it was actually much worse
Uber’s fortnight of scandal just got a whole lot worse: The New York Times just revealed the existence of an uber-creepy company tool called “Greyball”…
