From Sex Object to Gritty Woman: The Evolution of Women in Stock Photos
Generic images used in ads, billboards, magazines and blogs hold up a mirror to culture at a particular moment in time. But can they also subtly influence it?
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How to Follow Hurricane Irma
A wealth of storm information is available at your fingertips on the internet, but individual data points can be misleading.
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Dream of Obamacare Replacement Fades to Bipartisan Patch Job
Congress is having its first bipartisan Obamacare hearings in years. It may agree only on thwarting the president.
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The Real Reason the U.S. Has Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance
More an accident of history than anything else, a product of World War II and tax policy, it is the system we seem to be stuck with.
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Economic Winners
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Credit Under Trump, Job Market Has Improved More for Clinton Supporters
Clinton supporters appear to have seen faster wage growth and steeper declines in unemployment, according to new data.
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City Limits
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CreditTamir Kalifa for The New York Times Is Houston Still a Model City? Its Supporters Aren’t Backing Down
Houston embodies wildly different lessons on how to build a city. And everyone is doubling down.
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Economic Trends
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CreditFrom left: Jason Henry for The New York Times; Tony Luong for The New York Times To Understand Rising Inequality, Consider the Janitors at Two Top Companies, Then and Now
Focusing on core competence and outsourcing the rest has made U.S. companies lean, nimble and productive. It has also left lots of people worse off.
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Credit The First Count of Fentanyl Deaths in 2016: Up 540% in Three Years
The first governmental account of nationwide drug deaths in 2016 shows overdose deaths growing even faster than previously thought.
