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Leaving ‘Mr. Mom’ Behind
With more men choosing to stay at home with their kids, the stigma — and the notion that they’re just…
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News
The ‘Sad, Happy Life’ of Carson McCullers
A new biography chronicles this essential American writer’s complicated love life, celebrated career and singular talents.
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News
It’s Not Just Wages. Retailers Are Mistreating Workers in a More Insidious Way.
Back in 2018, with an eye to writing a novel about low-wage work in America, I got a job at…
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World
How the Manager of a Gourmet Grocery Store Spends His Sundays
Scott Goldshine has worked at Zabar’s in Manhattan for decades. He roams the aisles on Sundays, snacks on rugelach and…
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News
To Cure Burnout, Embrace Seasonality
For most of human existence, the pace and intensity of productivity varied widely from season to season. During the roughly…
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News
To Cure Burnout, Embrace Seasonality
For most of human existence, the pace and intensity of productivity varied widely from season to season. During the roughly…
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Business
Can America Turn a Productivity Boomlet Into a Boom?
After drooping in 2022, the output of U.S. businesses per worker has surged. Economists wonder if the trend can continue,…
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World
Cecilia Gentili, Trans Activist, Performer and Author, Dies at 52
Once an undocumented sex worker and addict, she was a powerful advocate for marginalized people, and an irresistible story teller.
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News
A New Biography Tackles the Remarkable Career of Stanley Kubrick
On the 25th anniversary of the director’s death, two film scholars have published “Kubrick: An Odyssey.”
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News
Trump, Immigration and the Lump of Labor Fallacy
What did Kurt Vonnegut, the novelist, and François Mitterrand, the socialist president of France from 1981 to 1995, have in…