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‘Melania’ rakes in $7 million, making it one of the highest-grossing documentaries of the last few years

Melania Trump's Amazon-backed documentary debuted in theaters on January 30.Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images"Melania: Twenty Days to History" debuted in theaters on January 30.The doc follows Melania Trump, the US first lady, ahead of Trump's inauguration.As of Sunday, the doc has grossed over $7 million in ticket sales.A glimpse into Melania Trump's often-obscured personal life has drawn …

In a brutal job market, laid-off workers are trying to figure out their next steps in the new norm

Mike Kostersitz, Deborah Hendersen, Mody KhanThis post originally appeared in the BI Today newsletter.You can sign up for Business Insider's daily newsletter here.Life after a layoffThere's no sugarcoating last week's layoffs.Amazon is cutting 16,000 corporate jobs, pushing thousands of workers into a job market already crowded with tech talent. Business Insider was all over the …

‘Unsubscribe’ and ‘opt out’: A new Big Tech boycott to protest ICE starts February 1

Thousands of protesters in Minneapolis protested ICE on January 31.Jen Golbeck/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty ImagesMany small businesses struggled to observe a nationwide general strike to protest ICE.A boycott of Big Tech and AI would be easier and more effective, Scott Galloway says.Galloway is calling on Americans to "unsubscribe" and "opt out" in February.Economic boycotts are …