Richard Errington clicked to stream a science-fiction film from his home in Britain last month when YouTube carded him.The site said Mr. Errington, who is over 50, needed to prove […]
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Back to news homeInstagram Struggles With Fears of Losing Its ‘Pipeline’: Young Users
In September 2018, Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger, Instagram’s founders, left Facebook after clashing with Mr. Zuckerberg. Mr. Mosseri, a longtime Facebook executive, was appointed to helm Instagram.With the leadership […]
‘All About My Sisters’ Review: Family Matters
Often in “All About My Sisters,” the Chinese filmmaker Wang Qiong’s documentary portrait of her family, you might forget that what you’re watching is filtered through a camera. Over a […]
529 Savings Plan: Why Every Penny Counts
Feeling unprepared after high school, Ms. Tiller struggled in community college and ultimately dropped out. “I know life is hard,” she said, “and I don’t want to see them struggle […]
They Want to Hand Your Kid a Debit Card. What Do You Do?
Then, a few basics. If you’re seeking regular allowance distribution and management, most services can handle that. But if you’re paying your children for chores and want to check tasks […]
China’s Parents Say For-Profit Tutoring Ban Helps Only the Rich
Zhang Hongchun worries that his 10-year-old daughter isn’t getting enough sleep. Between school, homework and after-school guitar, clarinet and calligraphy practice, most nights she doesn’t get to bed before 11. […]
The Subscription Box That Teaches Kids to Do Good
After being invited to the National Prayer Breakfast as the student president of Bucknell University, she became one of the original eight college graduates who lived together in Washington, D.C., […]
From the Heart to Higher Education: The 2021 College Essays on Money
***Despite the loud busking music, arcade lights and swarms of people, it was hard to be distracted from the corner street stall serving steaming cupfuls of tteokbokki — a medley […]
China Wants to Boost Births. But It’s Wary of Losing Control.
When Fan Jianhua had her third daughter last April, she was afraid that she would be fined for violating China’s birth limits.Ms. Fan was already heavily in debt paying for […]
College Accounts at Birth: State Efforts Raise New Hopes
Braylon Dedmon was 3 days old when his mother, Talasheia, was offered $1,000 to open a college savings account in his name.“I was like, ‘What?’” Ms. Dedmon recalled. Her skeptic’s […]