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These Young Workers Are ‘Romanticizing’ the Return to Office
Meena Kirupakaran didn’t think there was anything especially exciting about her job in publishing. She had an hourlong commute each…
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Opinion
What Does the New Congress Mean for Family Policy?
Now that the dust has (nearly) settled on the 2022 midterm elections and Republicans are preparing to take control of…
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World
At Least 1 Dead in Landslide on a Southern Italian Island
At least one person was killed and nearly a dozen were missing on Saturday on the southern Italian island of…
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Opinion
Scenes From the Front Lines of Our Addiction to Fast Fashion
I’m a seasonal worker in a warehouse of an online superstore. Five days a week, I make $18.75 an hour…
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World
A Migrant’s Desperate Day Chasing Work at the World Cup
DOHA, Qatar — Standing at the center of the Msheireb metro station, the man in the pressed burgundy shirt took…
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World
Jean-Marie Straub, Uncompromising Filmmaker, Is Dead at 89
Jean-Marie Straub, a celebrated filmmaker aligned with the French New Wave who sparked critical debate with films he made with…
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Magazine
The Holidays Are Longer Now. Is That a Good Thing?
Thanksgiving was a holiday that used to feel rushed for Molly Himmelstein Hollenberg. Chained to desk jobs in New York…
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World
Meet the World’s New Human Rights Crisis Manager. He Has a Lot to Do.
GENEVA — Barely a month after taking office as the United Nations’ new human rights chief, Volker Türk was in…
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World
Edward C. Prescott, 81, Dies; Won Nobel for Studying Business Cycles
Edward C. Prescott, whose work explaining the economic shocks of the 1970s catalyzed new ways of thinking about fiscal and…
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Magazine
Moon Jars, Luminous and Graceful, Are Entrancing Modern Ceramists
THE TRADITIONAL KOREAN moon jar — a large, rounded vessel glazed with an opaline sheen — has been a much-celebrated…