Today Slate is introducing Good Job, an advice column about the problems big and small we face in the modern workplace. Written by pioneering online journalist Doree Shafrir, who co-hosts the podcast ...

Good advice has a way of sticking with us. Sometimes it’s a quick line we heard as kids, other times it’s a lesson passed down through experience. Whether it comes from parents, mentors, friends, or ...

We’ve all heard those old phrases from our parents, grandparents, and older generations that can seem tired or overly simple. But when you really think about it, many of these so-called “clichés” hold ...

The word “advice” comes from two Latin words: the prefix ad, which implies a movement toward something, and vīsum, “vision,” a distinctly vivid or imaginative image. To ask for advice is to reach for ...