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Older Americans are sliding into poverty
After a slew of pandemic-induced aid ran its course, older Americans are falling back into poverty — and even younger would-be retirees are struggling. After the Great Recession, the trendline for older Americans had been improving, and 2020 pandemic relief measures helped buttress the aging…
After my husband was diagnosed with colon cancer at 45, we changed our family diet. Here’s what we eat — and don’t eat — now.
When my husband, a doctor, went in for his first routine colonoscopy at 45 years old, he said nonchalantly, “I’ll be done by noon. Then we can grab lunch.” He recommends that his patients be screened on time, so he was simply following his own advice. He had no symptoms suggesting anything was…
My adult kids are thriving hundreds of miles away. I’m proud of them and heartbroken at the same time.
When my son moved to New York City after college graduation, I couldn’t have been prouder. He had landed a great job, found an apartment, made friends, and embraced everything the city had to offer. Two years after my daughter finished college, we packed up a U-Haul and drove her more than 700…
12 game-day foods you can make in a slow cooker or Crock-Pot
You don't have to spend every Sunday sweating over a hot stove to serve favorites like Buffalo Chicken dip, ribs, or hot wings. Sarah Olson/The Magical Slow Cooker A slow cooker or Crock-Pot can come in handy when prepping food for game day. They can help whip up game-day appetizers from dips to…
Red-carpet looks that have missed the mark in 2026 — sorry
Heidi Klum at the 2026 Vanity Fair Oscars party. Dia Dipasupil/FilmMagic/Getty Images Celebrities have had their fair share of fashion mishaps on red carpets this year. Some have worn confusing designs at events like the Met Gala, while others were underdressed. Heidi Klum, for example, should have…
Exhausted from years of big-city hustle, I moved to an idyllic mountain town in Colorado. It wasn’t so idyllic for me.
At 34, after years of climbing the ranks of a Wall Street law firm, I was burned out and deeply disconnected from the natural world. Unsure of where I wanted to live, after leaving my job, I spent a year camping in the American West. During that trip, I visited Telluride, Colorado, and was…
Reporters are being denied entry to White House after Trump’s ban
Reporters for CNN and MS NOW were denied entry to White House grounds on Saturday morning, the networks said, one day after President Donald Trump said he was banning them for their coverage of him. “Early today, CNN journalists were denied access to the White House grounds,” a CNN spokesperson…
Get ready for higher holiday airfares as airlines cut flights over high fuel costs
If you haven’t booked your holiday flights yet, you may want to brace your wallet: Airlines are cutting options and potentially raising fares as oil prices reach new highs. After surging in the spring following the start of the war in Iran, oil prices surged yet again this summer and surpassed $100…
I used to associate thrift stores with poverty. My daughters-in-law taught me to see abundance instead.
I did not go to thrift stores when I was raising four sons on my own. I like to pretend I simply wasn’t aware of the local thrift stores but this is a lie. The truth was, I was too ashamed of my poverty to shop at thrift stores. Too desperate to keep up pretenses,
My 3 kids are all enrolled at the same college. Knowing they’re together helps, but I’m still struggling with my empty nest.
When I tell people that my youngest daughter is attending the same college as her older twin siblings, I always hear some variation of these questions: Did they always want to go to the same college? Are you happy you only need to do one drop-off? Are you getting a buy 2 get 1 free