It’s time to rethink employment in America.
The pandemic has created a host of new challenges for the world of work, but it may also offer an opportunity for us to consider what we want the future of work to look like and what can be done to ensure it is as fair and equitable as possible. Who benefits from the structures and assumptions propping up our current system — and who doesn’t — are among the questions being asked and the issues being raised in the third installment of “The America We Need,” a series from Times Opinion that explores inequality in America. So if you find a spare moment between balancing the demands of family, health and work, I encourage you to explore the series and the big questions it tackles. |
For years, Cheryle St. Onge has used photography to record her mother’s slow decline into dementia. “With my camera, I document the joy and the light of her last years of life.” |
From a Loss, Something Found |
 | | Charlotte Trounce |
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You’re Probably Inhaling Microplastics Right Now |
 | | Airborne microplastics don’t care what ZIP code you live in. |
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Lotus Flower Plague-Repellent Pills and Other Gifts From China |
 | | Illustration by Ina Jang; photograph by Getty Images. |
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In recent years, the Communist Party of China has taken to strategically promoting traditional medicine. There may be little clinical evidence that herbal formulas remedy illnesses like Covid-19, but as Yangyang Cheng writes, they can be a useful potion for national cohesion. |
How Do I Apologize for Outing My Brother? |
 | | Derek Ho |
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When he was just 13 years old, Derek Ho outed his older brother Jeremiah to their traditional family. Thirty years later, Derek returns home to seek forgiveness for the choice he made as a child that ripped his family apart. |
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