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The Better Living Holiday Gift Guide 2025: Gifts They’ll Actually Use (And Love!) | Better Living
Finding the perfect gift can feel overwhelming. You want something thoughtful, useful, and memorable, not another dust collector that gets shoved in a closet after the holidays. This year,...
8 Ways to Make Your Home Less Prone to Damage | Better Living
We tend to think of our homes as being strong, stable, and reliable structures, and for the most part, they are – but that doesn’t mean they’re invincible. Your...
How to Blend Modern and Traditional Décor for A Perfectly Balanced Look | Better Living
Creating a home that feels warm, stylish, and timeless often comes down to striking the right balance between modern and traditional décor. With thoughtful planning and the right design...
The Best Wine For Gift Giving In 2025
No matter what the season, wine makes a great gift. But it’s especially lovely around the holidays when we’re celebrating more often. Not only can wine enhance our...
How to Choose the Right Therapist in Manhattan: A Wellness-Focused Guide to Finding Your Mental Health Match | Better Living
Finding a therapist in New York City feels a bit like apartment hunting. Overwhelming options, confusing terminology, and that nagging feeling you might be settling for “good enough” when...
World
Why an ethics assessment should come before a promotion
Research shows employees who engage in unethical behavior—surprisingly—are not new to their organizations. They have been there for a considerable amount of time, typically at least six years, and...
How SailGP turned the niche sport into a $200 million celebrity investment magnet
This summer, Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman became co-owners of Australia’s three-time champion SailGP team. Days earlier, Anne Hathaway joined a female-led consortium purchasing Italy’s team for around $45...
How the Trump administration’s ‘efficiency’ goals have exacerbated food waste
The U.S. government has caused massive food waste during President Donald Trump’s second term. Policies such as immigration raids, tariff changes, and temporary and permanent cuts to food assistance...
Business
7 Essential Tips for Responding to Online Reviews
In today’s digital environment, responding to online reviews is crucial for your business’s reputation. A prompt response, ideally within 24 hours, shows you value customer feedback. Personalizing your replies...
This startup hired a sci-fi novelist to give its AI companions a soul
When Quentin Farmer was getting his startup Portola off the ground, one of the first hires he made was a sci-fi novelist. The co-founders began building the AI companion...
The Billion-Dollar AI Startup Rejecting 996 Hustle Culture
Karri Saarinen, CEO of Linear, which makes software to streamline product development and has a $1.25 billion valuation, tells Fast Company why he’s bucking the trend of AI companies’...
Steps for Florida Background Check for Employment
If you’re considering conducting a background check for employment in Florida, it’s important to understand the necessary steps involved. First, you’ll need to obtain written consent from the candidate...
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The Mar-a-Lago Party That Future Historians Will Never Forget
The federal government was in the thirtieth day of a shutdown that would last until November 13. Trump and the Republicans refused to extend subsidies for premiums under the...
The Supreme Court’s Ethics Code Is a Joke. Big Oil Knows That.
What do judicial ethics codes have to do with climate deception? It all comes down to simple math. Every year, the Supreme Court receives many thousands of cert petitions....
The Quick and Shameful Death of Biden’s Biggest Policy
In late 2024, an operative for the right-wing gotcha group Project Veritas clandestinely filmed his Tinder date with a 29-year-old EPA employee. The employee, who talked freely about his...
Beauty
The Best Dressed Stars of the Week Are Ready for Holiday Parties
With December kicking off tomorrow, festive season is officially here. Dressing for the holidays—and specifically, holiday parties—is suddenly the focus of your wardrobe. Whether it’s an office Christmas party...
From the Archives: A 1993 Glimpse Into the Artful Rise of Miami’s South Beach
“Miami News,” by William Norwich, was originally published in the April 1993 issue of Vogue.For more of the best from Vogue’s archive, sign up for our Nostalgia newsletter here.It's...
Tom Stoppard, Award-Winning Playwright and Titan of Theater, Has Died at 88
Sir Tom Stoppard, a titan of modern theater and film, whose award-winning works balanced wit and brio with a true curiosity for the depth of human emotion, has died...
The Biggest Celebrity Engagements of 2025—So Far
There’s no denying that celebrity engagements in 2025 have become some of the world’s most buzz-worthy news. Every time we open up our Instagram feeds, it seems like there’s...
Celebrity
Spotted in Italy: The 2026 Way to Wear a Coat
If I’m being completely honest, I get a bit bored when I hear about layering, so I don’t write about it all that much. We all get it already—layering...
When You Wear a Puffer Coat This Winter, Wear It Like This, This, and This
The puffer coat might be one of the most practical winter pieces you own, but in 2025, it’s also one of the most fashionable—when it's styled right, that is....
Every Time Bella Hadid Wears This Sneaker Trend, It Looks So Rich—I Found 13 Pairs Starting At $37
(Image credit: Getty Images)There's something so luxe and effortless about Bella Hadid's off-duty model looks that keep fashion people everywhere hooked. Everything from her casual but cool outfit choices...
Every Beauty Detail Behind Demi Lovato’s Ethereal November Cover Shoot
Demi Lovato's November cover is a lesson in natural, effortless beauty. With barely-detectable makeup and strands dancing between wavy and windblown and sleek and pulled back, the overall impact...
Culture
Flood prevention strategies: essential tools for urban and industrial areas
Flooding is one of the growing challenges facing cities and industrial facilities, with limited drainage and proper control measures heightening the risks. People, operations and properties need to feel...
Why Even Smart People Still Make Dangerous Decisions Under Stress
You do something, it blows up in your face, and then you ask yourself what made you do it in the first place because it’s glaringly obvious it never...
How Legal Marijuana Will Affect Workers’ Comp Cases in PA
The legalization of marijuana in Pennsylvania introduces significant changes to workers’ compensation cases. Legal marijuana use can complicate determinations of workplace injury claims, especially when it comes to questions...
Choose Hard Things and Build Real Strength
Mental health isn’t just therapy and time off. It’s also doing the hard reps your mind wants to skip. My stance is simple: training yourself to do hard things...
Style
How the Ceramicist Alev Ebüzziya Siesbye Makes Bowls That Hold Time
Each pot takes six to seven hours to build, with coils that she flattens into thick bands. She starts a new series by drawing the forms she has in...
How Noah Baumbach Fell (Back) in Love with the Movies
It was somewhere on a deserted highway in Ohio at about 4 A.M., with a rain machine, while I was shooting “White Noise.” I think I felt, Oh God,...
A Holiday Gift Guide: Presents for Music Lovers
It’s easy to think of music as ephemeral and essentially free, rather than a thing you can dotingly select, acquire, and present to your nearest and dearest. Yet music...
Louis C.K.’s Next Chapter
These days, C.K. occupies a strange place in the culture. He is in a cancellation limbo, joined by the likes of Chris Brown and Andrew Cuomo. C.K. isn’t too...
Politics
Australia house prices climb in November amid record unaffordability, Cotality says
AUSTRALIAN home prices rose in November with large gains in several state capitals, amid a record level of housing unaffordability, property consultant Cotality said on Sunday (Nov 30).Prices increased...
Wall Street predicts rebound in Indian markets after tough year
AFTER one of India’s worst years of market underperformance in decades, some of Wall Street’s biggest names are calling for a rebound.Morgan Stanley, Citigroup and Goldman Sachs Group are...
Seatrium to start its own arbitration in US$475 million contract termination dispute
The contract, which is 98.9 per cent complete, is for the construction of a wind turbine installation vessel in an US offshore wind farm[SINGAPORE] Seatrium is starting its own...
Bank Indonesia seeks rate cuts while balancing stability, growth
Tariff worries have made the rupiah South-east Asia’s worst-performing currency this year[JAKARTA] Bank Indonesia (BI) will strike a balance between encouraging currency stability and supporting economic growth, even as...