Ellen Rolfes

“The Last Repair Shop” focuses on the people who maintain the 140,000 musical instruments owned by Los Angeles Unified School District public schools.

Plus, we to the numbers on America's voting machines and Hollywood's pandemic recovery in this week's newsletter.

In this week's Make Me Smart newsletter: The BDS movement and the "silver tsunami."

Plus, we parse AI video and do the numbers on Girl Scout cookies in this week's Make Me Smart newsletter.

Plus: The Super Bowl for florists, the New York Times best seller list and Reasons To Be Cheerful.

Proposed legislation in New York state would increase labor protections for models, content creators and other behind-the-scenes fashion pros.  

Plus: An AI image quiz and Bud Light's culture war blowback in this week's newsletter.

Plus: We explain the TikTok Shop and do the numbers on where all the new gambling taxes are going.

Why department stores struggle to retain relevancy.

Artificial intelligence bets on Wall Street are huge. But some experts warn investor optimism around AI growth may be irrationally high.