A family business that’s endured for five generations figures out new ways to stay relevant.
Author Marcia Chatelain examines the fast-food chain’s relationship with its Black franchisees and consumers.
An excerpt from “The Great Indoors: The Surprising Science of How Buildings Shape our Behavior, Health and Happiness.”
Author Jia Lynn Yang describes how a law meant to maintain the country’s white racial majority led to more diversity.
Author Matt Alt describes how Japan’s pop culture, and its superfans, shaped sensibilities the world over.
Cody Cassidy, author of “Who Ate the First Oyster?” said the inventor of soap had no idea about its life-saving potential.
Fifty years ago, an experimental television program called “Sesame Street” hit the airwaves and changed America.
Arlan Hamilton’s new book gives readers a look at her journey from food stamps to being on th ecover of “Fast Company.”
Data can tell us who is on welfare, but not what it’s like to to live in the system.
Civil courts, for-profit companies and regulators regularly put price tags on human lives. But how?
