Gen Z’s straight‑A boom is quietly shrinking their paychecks
Straight‑A report cards have never been more common for America’s teens—but the payoff is not what parents think. A new National Bureau of Economic Research study finds that when teachers…
March 2026
Baked by Melissa’s founder was fired at 24. Two decades later, she’s ‘so freaking thrilled’ to step down as CEO
In a world of protein-maxxing and fiber-counting, it’s hard to remember a time when a baked good itself could be a fad. But a decade ago, people underwent a frenzy…
Jack Schlossberg on why Democrats lost young men to Trump—and it starts with the reason he quit the Biden campaign
Jack Schlossberg has a confession: He thinks Donald Trump did something right. At Fortune‘s CEO Initiative dinner in New York, the grandson of President John F. Kennedy — and now…
The CEO of Patreon blasts AI companies for the ‘bogus excuse’ they’re using to not pay artists
Patreon’s CEO Jack Conte is tired of watching AI companies strike deals with huge corporations like Disney while ignoring the myriad of smaller creators who contribute to their models. Speaking…
TV host Mike Rowe slams schools for portraying skilled trades as a ‘consolation prize’—when he’s met data center electricians making $280K a year
For many decades, students have been steered toward a singular path: go to college, or risk falling behind. It’s a message that took hold in the 1970s and 80s, when…
Jerome Powell says you’re right to blame data centers for making your bills more expensive: ‘probably pushing inflation up’
Fed Chair Jerome Powell acknowledged Wednesday that the AI-fueled data center boom is contributing to inflation, pushing back on the popular argument that the productivity gains from artificial intelligence should…
Mick Mulvaney: Stop calling it a ‘prediction market.’ It’s sports betting
A simple question: if you wager (or “invest” or “purchase a contract for”) $100 on who will win the NCAA championship next month, is that a sports bet? If you…
Indonesia’s richest man, tobacco tycoon Michael Bambang Hartono, dies at 86
Indonesia’s richest man, Michael Bambang Hartono, who helped turn the Djarum cigarette company into one of the country’s largest business empires and later became a controlling shareholder of Bank Central…
Europe tells Trump to get lost on Iran, again
European leaders doubled down Thursday on refusing to join the United States and Israel military campaigns in the Middle East as they met in Brussels to grapple with rising oil…
Global selloff in stocks as oil hits $115 and Trump admits he ‘knew nothing’ about Israel attack on major Iran gas field
Good morning. In today’s Fortune: Global stock market selloff as Iran war expands to attacks on major gas fields. Trump admits he ‘knew nothing’ about Israel attack on Iran site.…