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Photography
fromThe Nation
1 day ago

Alejandro Cartagena's Mexico in Flux

Photographs capture the transformation of landscapes and suburban growth, reflecting themes of isolation and environmental change.
History
fromBusiness Insider
1 month ago

Vintage photos show daily life in America's first '50s suburb

Post‑WWII GI Bill, baby boom, and highway construction drove mass suburbanization, while racial exclusion denied many non‑white families equal access to suburban housing.
fromComputerworld
5 months ago

How to make workers happier with less pay

The remote work trend that gathered steam during the COVID-19 pandemic gave many people a taste of a lifestyle without commutes and office buildings. Reading the headlines, a casual reader feels there was a rush to remote work in 2020 and 2021, followed by a reversal in recent years. But that's not what happened, exactly. In reality, on the whole, remote work rose steeply in the first two years of the pandemic and more or less stayed up.
Digital life
US news
fromStartribune
6 months ago

The pandemic transformed the suburbs. Return-to-office mandates could reshape them again.

Minnesota may see a gradual return to urban living as employers mandate office attendance, though many suburban residents plan to remain where they are.
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