Edith Honan

My colleagues @BusinessInsider and I spent months mapping 1,240 data centers (!!) nationwide and investigating data centers' impact on water, power, pollution, and local economies. The series is rolling out this week.

A midlife crisis can be clarifying: an impetus to restart your life while there's still time, with the financial freedom and wisdom that was lacking in your early 20s As @jlfeder writes, add it to the list of things millennials say they can't afford businessinsider.com/millennials-ne…

for the past year my (former) colleagues @BusinessInsider and i looked into the true costs of data center buildout across the country. bit by painstaking bit, we pieced together a database of permitted data centers & docs of water use + tax incentives. the series is rolling out🧵

The gym business Floyd Mayweather co-founded has seen dozens of franchises close. He blames economic and industry changes. Some franchisees blame him and say he didn't deliver on what he told them at a 2021 event. Dan Geiger & Ellen Thomas report. businessinsider.com/floyd-mayweath…

Is the answer to endless scrolling... a less cool phone? ⁦@jaypugz⁩ on the surging interest in the Light Phone etc and the new 'Appstinence' movement businessinsider.com/appstinence-mo…

What can the average person do to prepare for wild uncertainty? What happens if my retirement coincides with the arrival of climate catastrophe? by @jlfeder businessinsider.com/rise-of-millen…

For @BusinessInsider , I wrote about why I'm worried Millenials like me won't be able to achieve a secure #retirement. Retirement planning assume the economy will grow as it has over the past decades, but the future seems riskier than ever. businessinsider.com/rise-of-millen…

"Bannon takes his hands off his ample belly and points to his black sneakers. 'These are my prison shoes,' he tells me. 'I wear them every day.'" businessinsider.com/steve-bannon-p…

Thank you @Longreads for spotlighting @JasonGuerrasio's excellent story longreads.com/2025/04/15/gro…

Some interesting backstory here on Harvard's strategy, and the alliances it's already made, in the Trump era businessinsider.com/how-harvard-pl…

RIP to the IPO comeback Public offerings were about to take off. Instead, they've hit the massive Trump Slump. businessinsider.com/ipo-comeback-v…

Stan Lee’s daughter JC has been painted as someone who wasn’t there for the Marvel legend in his difficult last years. For the first time ever JC sets the record straight & I reveal how the people around her don’t look to be in her best interest businessinsider.com/inside-life-ma…

Stan Lee called her his “greatest creation.” Now JC Lee is on a quest to reclaim his empire — and live up to his legend, by @JasonGuerrasio businessinsider.com/inside-life-ma…

How I learned to love the middle seat in economy: @DanSeifwrites' Frequent Flyer's Guide to ASMR businessinsider.com/frequent-flier…

Trump’s cuts are alarming the MAHA faithful. They hoped RFK Jr. would help their kids with autism. Then the cuts began, by @GabbyLandsverk businessinsider.com/trouble-in-mah…

Consider this a coda of sorts to my book about the last boom in IPOs

IPOs aren't coming back this year and that's bad news for everyone. There's less incentive to innovate and mom-and-pop investors have fewer chances to strike it big with the next Facebook or Airbnb. Smart analysis from @dakincampbell and @RebeccaTorrenc5 businessinsider.com/ipo-comeback-v…

Investigative reporter and BI contributor @davelevinthal has a great Substack newsletter today on what it takes to pull off a complex, scoopy story on deadline. Do yourself a favor and sign up substack.com/@davelevinthal

Federal funding to universities is under threat. Here's the inside scoop on how Harvard is fighting back, from @davelevinthal: businessinsider.com/how-harvard-pl…

EXCLUSIVE: @Harvard has a major Trump problem. This is the inside story of how it's attempting to address it. 👇