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There’s a housing market shift afoot—just ask Realtors

Among real estate agents that Zoodealio and ResiClub surveyed, 81% say buyers are gaining leverage in their local housing market—that share is even higher among agents based in the Southwest (96%).

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This viral grocery hack will help you save money and reduce waste

Struggling with overspending or wasted produce? This simple method—five veggies, four fruits, three proteins, two starches, and one treat—offers a stress-free way to plan meals and stick to your budget.

If you dread the weekly grocery shop, or get sidetracked by fun snacks only to end up with no real meals, this might be the hack for you.

This viral grocery hack will help you save money and reduce waste

Struggling with overspending or wasted produce? This simple method—five veggies, four fruits, three proteins, two starches, and one treat—offers a stress-free way to plan meals and stick to your budget.

If you dread the weekly grocery shop, or get sidetracked by fun snacks only to end up with no real meals, this might be the hack for you.

What’s open and closed on Labor Day 2025? Banks, stock markets, schools, USPS, Costco, FedEx, more

The federal holiday, observed on the first Monday in September, celebrates the American labor movement. Some services will not be available.

Monday, September 1, 2025, is Labor Day, which is one of 12 official federal holidays in the United States. The day is observed on the first Monday of every September.

What’s open and closed on Labor Day 2025? Banks, stock markets, schools, USPS, Costco, FedEx, more

The federal holiday, observed on the first Monday in September, celebrates the American labor movement. Some services will not be available.

Monday, September 1, 2025, is Labor Day, which is one of 12 official federal holidays in the United States. The day is observed on the first Monday of every September.

These architects wanted to do meaningful work, so they quit their jobs and joined the public sector

Public Practice is building a model for bringing architecture’s best talent to the city sphere.

In 2021, Sanaa Shaikh was burned out. As a South Asian woman working in an overwhelmingly white and male profession, she had spent years experiencing her fair share of discrimination and microaggressions—while at the same time being tasked with designing housing developments for underserved communities where she routinely felt like her ideas and perspective were dismissed. She was ready to move on.

These architects wanted to do meaningful work, so they quit their jobs and joined the public sector

Public Practice is building a model for bringing architecture’s best talent to the city sphere.

In 2021, Sanaa Shaikh was burned out. As a South Asian woman working in an overwhelmingly white and male profession, she had spent years experiencing her fair share of discrimination and microaggressions—while at the same time being tasked with designing housing developments for underserved communities where she routinely felt like her ideas and perspective were dismissed. She was ready to move on.

3 management styles that beat out aggressive leadership, and how to master them

The traits we’ve long sidelined in leadership, like compassion, collaboration, and humility, are no longer soft skills. They’re survival skills.

Assertiveness, dominance, competition, risk-taking: these are the hallmarks of traditional leadership models, and they’re overwhelmingly associated with men. From corporate boardrooms to political offices, the archetype of a “strong” leader has been built around commanding voices, hardliner decisions, and lone-wolf thinking.

3 management styles that beat out aggressive leadership, and how to master them

The traits we’ve long sidelined in leadership, like compassion, collaboration, and humility, are no longer soft skills. They’re survival skills.

Assertiveness, dominance, competition, risk-taking: these are the hallmarks of traditional leadership models, and they’re overwhelmingly associated with men. From corporate boardrooms to political offices, the archetype of a “strong” leader has been built around commanding voices, hardliner decisions, and lone-wolf thinking.

What’s wrong with the school car line

We’ve turned the beginning of the day into a miniature supply-chain operation.

Every weekday morning, across the country, parents fall into the same routine. A line of SUVs and minivans snakes around the school. Engines idle as mothers and fathers inch forward, phones in one hand, coffee in the other. Kids sit in the back seat scrolling on their own phones, waiting for their turn to be unloaded by a staff member in a reflective vest. One by one, the doors open, backpacks are lifted, and the vehicle pulls away. The factory-like process is orderly, efficient, and utterly dehumanizing.