Caleb and Adriele tackle several big stories from the past two weeks, including states suing Meta over child safety, retailers using crime to justify closing underperforming stores, the EV market bubble, new data on the investor backlash against ESG, and AI news from the White House to the Global UK Summit. Then, they go deep into potentially troubling research that says content creators are surging past legacy media outlets as the place where people get their news online.[32:55] Next, Adriele shares simple but transformative guidelines for inclusive sourcing and hiring practices to help leaders build a candidate pipeline that will diversify their workplaces. [45:38] All that plus Discord’s reform movement and unions are on a winning streak for the first time in decades. [1:01:55]

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Discussed today:

BlackRock, Vanguard, and State Street turned against environmental and social proposals this year, a clear sign of backlash | Fortune

Content creators surge past legacy media as news hits a tipping point | The Washington Post

Editors’ Note: Gaza Hospital Coverage | The New York Times