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Oregon’s Greater Idaho movement echoes a long history of racism in the region

Instead of fixing Oregon, the Greater Idaho movement seeks to leave it. White supremacists are on board.

The Need for Speed: Rural Users Tend to Have Slower Internet Connections

For years, researchers have looked for more reliable ways to measure the gap in broadband speeds between rural and urban areas. A new study based on individual users’ internet speed-tests offers one more way to measure the digital divide.

These Founders Raised Millions by Simply Asking Customers to Invest

In a difficult funding environment, business owners are finding alternative ways to raise capital, including directly from their customers.

What If We Had a 15-Minute City for Friendship?

Living close to friends matters. Amid a loneliness epidemic, a popular urban planning concept offers a vision for proximity.

How Deals Get Done: Inside This Exclusive Annual Meeting of Elite U.S. Entrepreneurs

The Inc. 5000 leaders who make the most of their company’s time on the list are as strategic as they come. Here’s how.

15 ideas to revitalize ‘lifeless’ downtowns (or make good ones even better) in the work-from-home era

Readers around the world — from teenagers to retirees — have called, emailed and spoken to us offering their best ideas. The resounding takeaway is most people want fewer cars and more public spaces, parks and events to bring them together.

Study: Most US Cyclists Say They’d Move To Cities That Offered to Buy Them E-Bikes

Could the humble e-bike credit become a powerful economic development tool?

Do you dream of digital nomadism? These 10 jobs allow you to work from anywhere

FlexJobs, a site that focuses on WFH and remote work opportunities, has a handy new guide for digital nomads.

Must-read Wharton Faculty Authors: Improve Employee Engagement | Peter Cappelli

Professor Peter Cappelli explains how viewing employees as financially valuable assets can lead to better management.

How AI is fundamentally altering the business landscape

There will be winners and losers in the AI race, but AI pessimists are discounting the creativity and productivity that the technology will unleash.