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Loneliness has been one of the greatest harms of the pandemic, and some people are more afflicted than others.

Op-ed: America’s loneliness epidemic squeezes the middle

January 14, 2022 at 8:26 p.m.

Loneliness has been one of the greatest harms of the pandemic, and some people are more afflicted than others. In general, those at the very top and the very bottom...

A recent study using a database of almost 30,000 management-track employees at a large retail chain found that women are less likely to be promoted although they ended up performing better than their male counterparts.

Op-ed: Of course stereotypes are holding women back

November 24, 2021 at 3:42 p.m.

Is there a gender-based promotion gap? Are there too many women who do well on the job, but are not considered seriously for career advancement? Some new supporting evidence has...

Nurses massage babies at an infant care centre in Yongquan, in Chongqing municipality, in southwest China, on Dec. 15, 2016.

Column: What the world needs now: More humans. Really.

April 2, 2021 at 6:03 p.m.

How worried should we be about global depopulation? Some East Asian countries have fertility rates near or even below 1.0, while much of the core population of Europe is shrinking....

Caring cities across the nation are finding ways to let health care professionals know that their hard work is appreciated and supported. The people of Chicago are leaving inspirational messages on sidewalks for first responders.

Tyler Cowen column: Americans are failing the mask test

June 24, 2020 at 11:11 a.m.

I sometimes refer to the COVID-19 pandemic as "the great psychometric test." We are all being placed under different kinds of strain, and we have the chance to react for...

Column: The coronavirus will create a new kind of tourist

May 11, 2020 at 12:23 p.m.

Eventually more lockdowns will ease and public life will become somewhat safer, even though a vaccine will still be a ways off. At that point a species that has been...

Volunteers help a Transportation Security Administration employee pick out soup at the Lakeview Pantry on Jan. 21, 2019, during the federal government's partial shutdown.

One big shutdown lesson: Americans need to save more

May 31, 2019 at 4:18 p.m.

Now that the partial government shutdown is over, perhaps it is appropriate to consider a delicate question: Is it still OK to tell people they need to save more money?...

Tourists smoke marijuana on a bus tour in Los Angeles. Recreational pot sales became legal in California this year and the industry is targeting tourists, as well as locals.

Legalize pot, but don’t allow it everywhere

May 31, 2019 at 4:24 p.m.

New York City is reportedly starting a task force to prepare for the full legalization of recreational marijuana, with Mayor Bill de Blasio now saying that it’s likely to occur...

A shopper looks over the dairy section as she visits the grand opening of a Trader Joe's on October 18, 2013 in Pinecrest, Florida.

Honey, pick up some milk from the Republican store

May 31, 2019 at 4:20 p.m.

As some companies have pulled away their discounts for National Rifle Association members, in response to pressure from anti-gun groups, the question arises where such decisions might end. As a...

A man walks a dog through the snow during Winter Storm Grayson on Thursday, Jan. 4, 2018 in Manhattan, N.Y.

A dog-walking license? Please. Here’s how to stop this silliness.

May 31, 2019 at 4:18 p.m.

Criticism of the proliferation of occupational licensing is now bipartisan. Occupations such as dog walkers, interior designers, auctioneers and barbers do not need state licenses, and those legal restrictions serve...

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