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In this third week after the disaster, we grimly cast our votes in the party primaries for a new mayor. Such acts of citizenship are at once profound and merely gestural. It seems right that I wake up...

For "Nickled and Dimed," author Barbara Ehrenreich

Barbara Ehrenreich’s thesis has become even more resonant since the book’s 2001 release.

Housing costs too much. Healthcare costs too much. Childcare costs too much. But for most workers, the most immediate problem is simpler: their paychecks are too low.

The wave of booing aimed at AI-pilled commencement speakers signals a sea change in public opinion.

The wave of booing aimed at AI-pilled commencement speakers signals a sea change in public opinion.

My father joined the program when I was eight months old and retired 46 years later. He would be encouraging journalists at CBS to speak out

From ICE to Kalshi, our fear and uncertainty are increasingly monetized, weaponized, and turned against us.

From ICE to Kalshi, our fear and uncertainty are increasingly monetized, weaponized, and turned against us.

Just a few months ago, AI was an interesting tool for knowledge workers. Now, for many, it’s utterly terrifying.

We CAN have nice things - if we want them

Just a few months ago, AI was an interesting tool for knowledge workers. Now, for many, it’s utterly terrifying.

The Best Picture contenders reflect a mad world—and they're suitably lurid, pulpy, comic, and strange.

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Alissa Quart's mom was sick and her job kept her tethered to a nonstop news cycle. "The pain and desperation I felt when I asked for a reading is part of why I think Tarot cards, spells, energy work a...

Alissa Quart's mom was sick and her job kept her tethered to a nonstop news cycle. "The pain and desperation I felt when I asked for a reading is part of why I think Tarot cards, spells, energy work a...

“We will replace the frigidity of rugged individualism with the warmth of collectivism,” the newly elected Mayor of New York Zohran Mamdani said, in his invigorating inauguration speech yesterday, …

You’ve heard of caregivers in the sandwich generation. In this anti-compassion Trump 2.0 era, it’s more like a triple-decker sandwich. I experienced this first-hand

You’ve heard of caregivers in the sandwich generation. In this anti-compassion Trump 2.0 era, it’s more like a triple-decker sandwich. Alissa Quart has experienced this first-hand

You’ve heard of caregivers in the sandwich generation. In this anti-compassion Trump 2.0 era, it’s more like a triple-decker sandwich. Alissa Quart has experienced this first-hand

Michael Green’s tally of the costs of raising a family in the U.S. today is going viral, even if some economists scoff at his math.

Remembrances, appreciations, and remarks.

Many people are feeling squeezed in today’s economy, with the prospect of affording college and a house, as well as saving for retirement, feeling further out of reach. But is the middle class actuall...