UpFront
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How air pollution across America reflects racist policies from the 1930s
After the Great Depression, Black and immigrant areas were typically outlined in red on maps to denote risky places to lend; these red-lined neighborhoods tend to have higher levels of harmful air pollution
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Our top reads of the week
From exploring the hybrid working conditions of the post-pandemic normal to Harmanpreet Kaur's World Cup ambitions, here are our top reads of the week
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Russia batters and encircles Ukrainian cities, as diplomacy falters
The Russian side, which has refused to call the conflict a war, insisted that it would not end until Ukraine was "demilitarized," dousing flickers of hope of a cease fire
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North Korea testing new intercontinental missile
American forces are putting its missile defense units in Asia in a state of "enhanced readiness" for what they expect will be another launch intended to demonstrate the range of the new missile
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Flushed with VC money, gaming and esports brands hunt growth beyond pandemic
After two years of boost in traffic during the pandemic, Indian gaming and esports companies are now looking at expanding their businesses in and outside India
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Who owns the most nuclear warheads in the world?
Russia leads, US at number two, while India is far behind with 156 nuclear warheads
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How a playground for the rich could undermine sanctions on Russian oligarchs
At least 38 businessmen or officials linked to Putin own dozens of properties in Dubai collectively valued at more than $314 million, according to previously unreported data compiled by the nonprofit Center for Advanced Defense Studies. For now, those sanctioned can count themselves lucky
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Blocked from global internet, Russia plunges into digital isolation
As Putin has waged war on Ukraine, a digital barricade went up between Russia and the world, with both Russian authorities and multinational internet companies builting the wall with breathtaking speed. It has ruptured an open internet that was once seen as helping to integrate Russia into the global community
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Hybrid is the new normal (for now)
For most employers and employees, there is no going back completely because the future of work is not in favour of returning to offices. And companies that try to turn the clock back to 2019 and insist on an 'all-office' model risk losing their best employees to competitors
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Storyboard18 - Feel safer but also 'gendered': Life in advertising after #MeToo
A look at what has changed for women in Indian advertising and what remains unchanged
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For this Russian journalist, the family trade is dissidence
Zoya Svetova, 62, is part of a Moscow family with a history of almost a century of activism, and government-imposed punishment, in Russia. She was interviewed before the Russian invasion of Ukraine and again on March 2