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The 2.21.21 Issue — The Future of Work

Highlights

  1. The Future of Work

    Work Will Never Be the Same

    Seven essential workers on what they’ve lived through this last year — and what lies ahead.

     By The New York Times Magazine

    CreditSabiha Cimen/Magnum for The New York Times
  2. The Future Of Work

    Amazon’s Great Labor Awakening

    Covid-19 has cemented the e-commerce giant’s hold on the economy — but it has also spurred employees all around the country to organize.

     By Erika Hayasaki

    CreditPhoto Illustration by James Casebere for The New York Times
  4. The Future Of Work

    The Rise of the Wellness App

    They’re everywhere, but they can’t address the real problem: the alienation of 21st-century work.

     By Jenna Wortham

    CreditIllustration by Shuhua Xiong

  1. The Race to Fix Virtual Meetings

    Sick of boring grids of heads? A new crop of start-ups aims to bring some serendipity and spark to remote meetings.

     By Yiren Lu and Derek Abella

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    The Future of Work

  2. What Frustrated Workers Heard in That Dolly Parton Ad

    A protest song about degrading work becomes a rousing call to do even more work after that.

     By Brooke Jarvis

    CreditPhoto illustration by Najeebah Al-Ghadban
    Screenland

  3. My Patients Need Me. Can I Quit?

    The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on placing family above work despite the pandemic and becoming a volunteer in order to get the Covid-19 vaccine sooner.

     By Kwame Anthony Appiah

    CreditIllustration by Tomi Um
    The Ethicist

  4. Her White Blood Count Was Dangerously Low. Was Med School Still Safe?

    She was days away from defending her dissertation when her doctor told her she needed to have a biopsy that could change her life.

     By Lisa Sanders, M.D.

    CreditPhoto illustration by Ina Jang
    Diagnosis

  5. How Garfield Helped Me Make Peace With a Culture in Decline

    Try getting into Garfield variants: remixes of the original strips that testify to the internet’s limitless invention.

     By Dan Brooks

    CreditClockwise from top left: Illustrations by Lan Truong, Mark Ochinero, C. W. Moss, Clare Lewis, Ohni Lisle and Lorenzo Gritti
    Letter of Recommendation

  1. A Brazilian Treat for Home Cooks in a Hurry

    Brigadeiros are sweet, fudgy and easy to make. Keep them in your freezer to eat anytime.

     By Tejal Rao

    CreditHeami Lee for The New York Times. Food stylist: Maggie Ruggiero. Prop stylist: Sophia Pappas.
    Eat

  2. How to Donate Breast Milk

    Milk banks are looking for frozen, excess milk. Donating yours can help prevent deaths in N.I.C.U.s

     By Malia Wollan

    CreditIllustration by Radio
    Tip

  3. Wednesday Poem

    Joel Dias-Porter has crafted a modern elegy for gun violence's victims.

     By Joel Dias-Porter and Reginald Dwayne Betts

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    Poem

  4. Judge John Hodgman on When It’s Time to Throw Out Mayonnaise

    The pandemic has created extenuating circumstances.

     

    CreditIllustration by Louise Zergaeng Pomeroy
    Judge John Hodgman

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