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Right as I turned 30, I moved to the Washington, DC area for a new job. I had just gotten out of a serious relationship and was finally moving out of the small town I had grown up in. I was ready to begin a new chapter of my life…
There’s no good time to discover you’ve misread your cinema ticket, but 3:20 a.m. on a Saturday outside the Imax in central London is a particularly bad one.The film began at 4:15 a.m., not 4 a.m., as I’d previously thought. Those were 15 minutes of sleep I’d never get back,…
My 19-year-old daughter, Cameran, has been in a relationship for several years, and it has helped her grow into who she wants to be. She met her boyfriend, Casey, when they were 16 at a campground during the summer, and he lived about 35 minutes from us. Casey started as…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Rick Neuhoff, 65, a homeowner in Portland, Oregon, who rents out his indoor pool using Swimply. The following has been edited for length and clarity.Before COVID got bad, I was doing marketing for law firms. COVID had pretty much killed my…
I’ve sent four kids — my son and three stepchildren — to college, so I thought I’d experienced almost everything in this process: campus visits, move-in and move-out, loans, roommate issues, and family weekends.As my youngest kid prepares for college, I thought there wouldn’t be many new experiences for me,…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with 23-year-old Careb Bien-Aime, who is attending New York University. The following has been edited for length and clarity.I’m an information systems management major at NYU, after studying at a community college.I worked as a home health aide for a few years…
Over the course of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, countless fans have come together to support their favorite teams in the energetic matchups.Those who weren’t fortunate enough to nab tickets to one of the stadiums across Canada, the US, and Mexico watched from their homes, bars, or even sidewalks.FIFA also…
Ukrainian special operators are learning to keep a close watch on the skies when they move in to assault Russian-held trenches, as the surge in drones on the battlefield forces soldiers to constantly change how they fight.”Our training has changed,” an operator in the 4th Ranger Regiment of Ukraine’s Special…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Hamza Mostafa, 21, who lives in San Francisco. The following has been edited for length and clarity.Growing up, I wanted to work in the medical field like most of my family did. But after taking a computer science class in high…
Two miles north of Philadelphia’s World Cup games sits a small but mighty mecca of small businesses attempting to reap the benefits of international soccer fandom.In East Passyunk, dozens of independently owned businesses — trinket shops, dive bars, cafés, pizza joints, breweries, and more — line the main thoroughfare of…
