Between all-time-high home prices and climbing mortgage rates, what’s it like to buy a home right now? Two reporters and some experts hash it out. Plus, debt poetry and the cost of slowing climate change.
“It’s just sort of become part of the fabric of our lives. It’s now vanilla and chocolate and peppermint… and pumpkin spice,” says food writer Emily Heil.
Some workers have forgotten in-person work etiquette — or never learned it in the first place. Manners professionals are easing the transition. Plus, how do we accurately describe a government shutdown?
When it comes to dinner reservations, 6 p.m. is the new 8 p.m. In other food news, franchises roll with the economic changes and orange egg yolks may be a marketing ruse.
The 1973 gasoline crunch forced Americans to cut their energy use. Why didn’t we stay on track with fuel efficiency? Plus, why some campaign ads cost more than others.
Journalist Kashmir Hill spent the last four years writing about a company that says it can find any face anywhere on the internet. Her conclusion? Clearview AI is changing privacy as we know it.
Or could furlough you at any moment? Increasingly, government jobs are a tough sell. Plus, why digital retailers like Instacart are becoming big ad platforms.
Plus, the UAW plans to target its work stoppages as a strike looms. And will this year’s cost-of-living increase be enough to help Social Security recipients keep up?
