A pedestrian walks through Times Square on April 25. | Justin Heiman/Getty Images Millennials still recovering from the Great Recession now face a downturn that’s being compared to the Great Depression. The economic toll of the coronavirus pandemic is immense, with tens of millions unemployed and the US economy shrinking at a rate unseen in … Read more
Dana Rodriguez for Vox Knitting has always brought me comfort when I can’t see what’s ahead. It usually takes me a lot of time to buy something. I like to deliberate, to consider, to compare options and see if a fleeting desire is just that. I like to wait for sales and refresh my banking … Read more
Undocumented immigrants held a protest in front of Pasadena City Hall to call on elected officials to support essential workers on Wednesday, April 29, 2020 during the coronavirus pandemic. | Sarah Reingewirtz, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG Many have helped keep essential services running but have no financial safety net. Americans have relied on low-wage workers to keep … Read more
Cleaning crews work inside an empty Hart Senate Office Building. | Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images You can’t get unemployment insurance if you’ve been deemed “essential.” The general rule of unemployment has always been that you can’t collect benefits if you quit your job. But what about during a global pandemic, when going … Read more
The high school Class of 2020 is missing out on the major milestones that come with their final semester. Schools quickly shut down due to the coronavirus outbreak and went to virtual learning. Consequently, this year’s seniors haven’t had the chance to experience those last shows, concerts or athletic seasons they’ve been waiting for over … Read more
Many travel experts think staycations will be the future of travel, if people emerge from the pandemic more cautious of flying. | Getty Images Explore your city on foot, try sleeping in a different room, or learn a new skill. I woke up on April 20 to an old calendar reminder that I should be … Read more
Colson Whitehead reads at Lit.Cologne, the international literature festival, October 20, 2019. | Horst Galuschka/picture alliance via Getty Images Colson Whitehead just became the fourth writer ever to win two Pulitzers for fiction. Colson Whitehead has won the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for fiction for his 2019 novel Nickel Boys. The win comes just three years … Read more
Bill Gates speaking in Beijing, China, in November 2019. | Hou Yu/China News Service/VCG via Getty Images The Gates Foundation has emerged as a leader in the coronavirus response. Bill Gates saw this coming. “I rate the chance of a widespread epidemic, in my lifetime, as well over 50 percent,” he told Ezra Klein in … Read more
Voters in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, waited in line hours at one of the few polling places open in the city after most were consolidated due to a shortage of poll workers fearful of contracting Covid-19. | Scott Olson/Getty Images Universal vote-by-mail is the only way to ensure free and fair elections in November. Update, May 4: … Read more
A New York woman who was born during the 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic has now beaten COVID-19 at 101 years old. Her daughter calls her a “superhuman,” and we can totally understand why. Angelina Friedman (née Sciales) was born on a passenger ship traveling from Italy to New York City in 1918. It was the … Read more