Gauri Sarin

In 2006, Blake Mycoskie was 29 and running his fourth startup when he decided to take time off to travel through Argentina. Somewhere between learning how to tango and play polo, Mycoskie learned about the alpargata, a soft, casual canvas shoe worn…

In network, out of pocket, copays, deductibles — there’s no shortage of ways to talk about the costs of staying healthy. And while the current debates around health care focus on the financial costs, we also need to consider the cost to our…

Manufacturing is still the industrial backbone of the American economy, contributing $2.17 trillion in 2015 and representing 12.1% of the gross domestic product. As new technologies continue to drive the industry’s growth, some 3.5 million…

In the northernmost part of the North American Cordilleran region in Canada, the landscape changes dramatically with the seasons. The rugged peaks and deep valleys of the Yukon lie largely unmarked by humanity, with trees, fields, valleys and plains…

From Victoria to Nova Scotia, there's something for every kind of adventurer between the Canadian coasts. While the world's second largest  land mass offers plenty of outdoor action, Canada's major cities boast a variety of unique dining experiences…

Fifteen of the 16 hottest years on record have occurred since 2001. In fact, new research suggests Earth is currently the warmest it's been in 100,000 years. We've seen droughts, flash floods, hurricanes, superstorms, early snows and brutal summers…

There's hunger. And then there's craving. Hunger is a utilitarian physiological signal that it's time to eat — anything. Cravings, on the other hand, have a sensory desire that can be satisfied with only a specific food. They're triggered in the…

Student loan debt is crushing the American dream for the millennial generation. As of 2014, student loan debt has surpassed credit card debt. The average cost of a college education has rendered the graduates of 2016 the most indebted in history —…

Women have made major strides in recent history, and with the possibility of the next president of the United States being a woman, things are certainly looking up.  However, despite these milestones we still have a long way to go. Persistent gender…

If you compare gun violence in the United States to that of the rest of the world, we're No. 1 in all the wrong ways. In gun deaths, the U.S. outranks Western Europe, North Africa and the Middle East (except for Iraq). The U.S. has more guns per…

Among the many issues that divide Democrats and Republicans in this election season, none has stirred up more vehement opposition than immigration. According to a recent Pew Research Center study, 71% of Republicans believe that immigrants make…

Subway and Feeding America believe there's no reason anyone should go hungry. That's why they have established the Good Deed Feed. Subway knows that, although they feed millions of people every day, there are also millions of people in the U.S. who…

Entrepreneurship is all about satisfying a hunger — it's about recognizing a demand in the market and meeting it. For Lauren Duxbury and Adam Panayiotou, it was about actual hunger: their own. Partners in love and labor, the two emigrated with their…

The benefits of travel are as innumerable as they are indisputable. The chance to get out of town, out of your comfort zone and out into the world shouldn't be a luxury we can't afford. And yet, for many of us, a third to be exact, according to the…

Here's a little-known fact: Summer doesn't end on Labor Day. OK, that's a well known fact ... but one we forget because we're so used to throwing in the towel after that first Monday in September and effectively throwing away the best part of summer…

The sun is setting on the American cubicle. Millennials have already overtaken baby boomers as the largest living generation in the U.S., and they're poised to dominate the workforce — according to a report by Jones Lang LaSalle, millennials will be…

For young people longing to see the world in the days before digital, traveling meant staying in a hostel, thumbing through a guidebook, and shortlisting a few places of interest you could actually get to during the course of your stay. Inevitably,…

Smartphones have become the ultimate tool of everyday convenience and instant gratification. We get news and entertainment on demand. We order food at the tap of a button, manage our money without having to go to the bank, browse stores without…

"Ummm... Hello?" You're on your cell, regaling a friend with the MOST HILARIOUS STORY EVER when the silence on the line makes you stop, glance at your phone and face the fact that you've been talking to yourself for who knows how many minutes. The…