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As adolescents, my wife and I both had summer jobs. In Iowa, she pushed a cart around the library, reshelving books. In Oregon, I pushed a mail cart through the antiseptic-laced hallways of the hospital where my mother worked. I also collated and stapled thick packets of photocopies by hand…
I was one of the first Twitter “influencers” back before it even had an app. When Facebook launched pages, I was the first gay journalist to have one after they helped me set one up, complete with the blue “verified” checkmark that actually meant something before they started selling them.I…
It’s never fun to be let go from a job, but finding out that you lost a role in what would go on to be a $197 million movie because your mom wouldn’t allow you to get a haircut? That one stings.In Hayden Panettiere’s memoir, “This Is Me: A Reckoning,”…
I found home in a person before I found it in a place. In January 2017, I met my now-husband — a 6-foot-3 Indo-Fijian man with kind eyes and a deep, soothing voice — on Bumble in Canada.At the time, I was a New Yorker living in Toronto temporarily. I…
Are you a Gen Zer paying your own rent for the first time? A millennial buying more groceries than ever after having a second kid? A boomer getting set to enjoy the finer things in retirement?Our quiz can show you if your spending looks like that of your peers, or…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Julian Richardson, a 42-year-old flight attendant based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. It’s been edited for length and clarity. Loading audio narration… I was a Spirit flight attendant for nearly eight years. It was my first and only job as a flight…
Looking to buy a cheap car? Good luck. Loading audio narration… Affordable vehicles — new or used — are becoming harder to find in American dealership lots, according to fresh data from online automotive marketplace CarGurus.In April, the average listing price for a new vehicle climbed to $50,400, up 1%…
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s central promise has been to bring down his city’s cost of living. Loading audio narration… But New York’s affordability problems are a result of its own success: Despite slowing population growth, the city’s housing stock and services are still in high demand, pushing prices…
Parenting is a hard job, and for many Americans, there aren’t many options to get professional childcare help. Loading audio narration… “Nearly half of all young children in the US live in a childcare desert, meaning they live in an area of the country where there is not sufficient licensed…
