Six nice Labor Day reads

Spend time with tales concerning the fantasy of the broke Millennial, Amazon’s large secret, and extra.

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Our editors compiled these six articles in your Labor Day studying. Spend a while with tales concerning the questions we must always ask our households, Amazon’s large secret, the parable of the broke Millennial, and extra.


The Studying Listing

The Questions We Don’t Ask Our Households however Ought to

Many individuals don’t know very a lot about their older family. But when we don’t ask, we threat by no means realizing our personal historical past.

By Elizabeth Keating

Amazon’s Massive Secret

Almost 30 years after the corporate was based, we nonetheless don’t actually know the place its income come from. The reply will loom massive within the antitrust case in opposition to it.

By Stacy Mitchell

What Bobby McIlvaine Left Behind

Grief, conspiracy theories, and one household’s seek for that means within the 20 years since 9/11

By Jennifer Senior

This Is Precisely What the Trump Crew Feared

A marketing campaign that had been optimized to beat Joe Biden should now be reinvented.

By Tim Alberta

The Delusion of the Broke Millennial

After a tough begin, the technology is prospering. Why doesn’t it really feel that method?

By Jean M. Twenge

The Actual Cause Individuals Aren’t Having Youngsters

It’s a necessity that authorities subsidies and higher household coverage can’t essentially deal with.

By Christine Emba


Essay

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When Labor Day Meant One thing

By Chad Broughton

Someplace alongside the road, Labor Day misplaced its that means. In the present day the vacation stands for little greater than the top of summer time and the beginning of college, weekend-long gross sales, and perhaps a barbecue or parade. It’s not political …

Labor Day, although, was meant to honor not simply the person employee, however what employees accomplish collectively by way of activism and organizing.

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Tradition Break

A still from Blink Twice, showing a woman in a pool in front of a cocktail
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Watch. Blink Twice (out in theaters), a horror movie concerning the risks of befriending the wealthy and highly effective.

Hear. Sabrina Carpenter’s new album, Quick n’ Candy (out now), tackles the exasperation of being younger, feminine, straight, and single in 2024, Spencer Kornhaber writes.

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Picture Album

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A seagull rests on prime of a sea turtle. (Enric Adrian Gener / Ocean Photographer of the 12 months)

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