More than half of child-free Americans under 50 who don't think they'll ever have kids say they just don't want them

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Fifty-seven percent of Americans under the age of 50 without kids said the main reason they won't have any is because they just don't want to.

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Stop the crackdown on coffee-badging — here's the real problem

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Coffee badging is performative compliance in response to a performative expectation, writes Bonnie Dilber.

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In the age of AI, there's no future for workers content with being code monkeys — and they know it

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A pool director at a country club hires teens as lifeguards. She sees parents applying for their kids to make life easier, but it has the opposite effect.

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Susie Johnson (not pictured) — who believes helicopter parenting impairs kids' independence — hires teenage lifeguards to supervise swimmers at a country club.

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Lady Gaga's fiancé is a tech CEO who went to Harvard with Mark Zuckerberg

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Michael Polansky and Lady Gaga attended the Paris Olympics together.

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I didn't start saving for retirement until my mid-30s and even that was too late. I probably won't ever be able to retire.

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A man looks over his finances.

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Gen Z strikes back

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I quit my $240,000 job at Meta. Here's how I got hired and grew my salary — and why I left.

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Alexandru Voica worked at Meta for four years.

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Heat-related injuries to workers in the Americas have soared since 2000, study finds

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Extreme heat is causing more injuries among workers.

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It's time to fix your calendar so you can get more done and be happier

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Wednesday was the most popular day for meetings in 2023, according to Calendly.

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