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The return

A series about how life in the US is (perhaps) on the way back to normal

5 May 2022

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    The jobless Americans chasing the dream of ‘passive income’

    Workers say they’re replacing career ambitions with low-stakes side hustles. But are many of the schemes too good to be true?

15 April 2022

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    Tacos, treehouses, virtual golf: top firms try to bribe workers back to the office

    Growing numbers of bosses are offering special sweeteners to anyone willing to trudge back to work – but will they work?

30 March 2022

  • As lockdown orders marched on, many weed agnostics dove in with gusto.

    How the pandemic created a new generation of stoners

    Americans who rarely, if ever, smoked marijuana before the pandemic now say they’re turning to weed to help them cope

29 March 2022

  • Managers, it seems, want their workers back in the office.

    America is entering the great experiment of hybrid work

    Companies will need to find a new model that works for them and their employees – many of whom prefer to work at home some days

21 March 2022

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    Workplaces are in denial over how much Americans have changed

    Employers are trying desperately to ignore that we’ve become fundamentally different humans

13 March 2022

  • ‘It is harder to have a sense of shared grief, because we are not all sharing it evenly.’

    America’s rush to normalcy has robbed us of the time to grieve our Covid dead

    Americans who’ve lost loved ones to Covid-19 say they feel like ‘everyone wants you to get over it’

2 January 2022

  • People wear face masks at a music festival in Barcelona in July 2021.

    ‘I would have bought stock in Zoom!’: experts on wisdom (and regrets) for a new year of Covid

    As we greet a third calendar year of pandemic life, experts who helped us make sense of the past two years discuss lessons learned, and wisdom to carry forward

26 December 2021

  • After testing positive for a breakthrough infection, many find themselves left to defend or reevaluate their actions.

    ‘Landmines all the way down’: the guilt and frustration of breakthrough Covid

    The never-ending pandemic forces people to do their best to balance living a decent life and making responsible choices

12 December 2021

  • Crowding was a significant factor in the high rates of Covid infection in US prisons.

    For incarcerated Americans, the pandemic chaos of April 2020 has never ended

    Crowded dorms, unmasked guards and cancelled visiting hours have created hellish conditions for people in US prisons

5 December 2021

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    From pandemic to endemic: this is how we might get back to normal

    Covid-19 is unlikely to be eradicated, experts say, but societies in the past have learned to live with diseases

25 November 2021

  • ‘ I don’t need this stress.’

    Holiday dread: at gatherings this year, ‘someone is going to be offended’

    Some are actively dreading what is supposed to be the jolliest time of the year as some families are under the same roof for the first time in two years

18 November 2021

  • Predictions that we’d all return to work in sweats turned out to be spectacularly off the mark.

    The sudden, uncomfy fall of the biggest pandemic fashion trend

    Last year, we all thought we’d keep our sweatpants on as the world reopened – but now they seem destined for a mere supporting role

7 November 2021

  • One epidemiologist believed the pandemic would be the end of this ‘disgusting’ tradition.

    No more birthday candles, no more cities: experts on their worst pandemic predictions

    Hugs and handshakes have survived the pandemic. Not so much shared lipsticks and formal business attire

3 November 2021

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    ‘An unbelievable sense of freedom’: why Americans are quitting in record numbers

    The labor market shake-up brought on by the pandemic has led many, especially younger workers, to reassess their work lives

17 October 2021

  • ‘Even when the outbursts don’t involve physical contact or threats of violence, they make for an annoying day’s work.’

    ‘Nobody ever put hands on me before’: flight attendants on the air rage epidemic

    Although travelers’ hissy fits are nothing new, incidences of bad behavior have spiked amid the tense landscape of Covid-19

10 October 2021

  • In July 2020, a Pew survey estimated that more than half of Americans between age 18 and 29 were living with one or both parents.

    These adults moved back in with their parents during the pandemic. But did they regret it?

    Little did they know that ‘boomeranging’ back home would change the way they saw their parents, forever

3 October 2021

  • ‘It feels juvenile as a 40-year-old woman to think about my looks like a teenager, because there are bigger problems in the world.’

    From a pandemic to plastic surgery: how Covid changed the way we see our faces

    Staring at their own face in video meetings has people fretting over imagined flaws: ‘Zoom has made me want to be invisible’

26 September 2021

  • When vet clinics reopened after the shutdown, they were overwhelmed by the demand for appointments.

    ‘Oh my gosh, the kittens!’ How the pandemic unleashed bedlam in veterinary clinics

    Staff attrition, high demand for appointments and enraged human clients have strained vet practices across the US

12 September 2021

  • ‘If people decide they are going to travel, it’s on them to do the absolute best they can to minimize the spread of disease.’

    Is it ethical to travel right now? Experts on flying in the age of Delta

    Questions to consider before you inflict the ‘moral injury’ of a risky, non-essential trip

28 August 2021

  • ‘Had we been dating during the pandemic, this may have been a dealbreaker.’

    Vaccine wars: how the decision not to get the shot is tearing loved ones apart

    When friends and family disagree about getting vaccinated, close ties can fray. Some siblings have even stopped talking to each other
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