Self

talking to 3/3/2021

5 International College Students on Studying in America During the Pandemic “I have to go back to renew my papers. I will be there during finals week. I don’t really have another option though.”

By Florence O'Connor

second acts 3/3/2021

Mary J. Blige Makes Me Want to Be Happy Even when she was hurting the most, she cheered the rest of us on.

By Jamilah Lemieux

socializing in 2021 3/3/2021

I Forgot How to Hang Out Why are our socially distant interactions so exhausting?

By Katie Heaney

second acts 3/3/2021

What Can’t Shakira Do? Of course the wildly talented singer learned to skateboard in quarantine.

By Katie Heaney

ask polly 3/3/2021

‘My Dad Died, and Now I’m Worried I’m Headed for Divorce’ You’re using your anger at your husband as a distraction to keep from facing this enormous loss.

By Heather Havrilesky

second acts 3/2/2021

The Math Teacher Who Ran for Mayor At 68, Bettie Parker became the first woman elected mayor of her North Carolina town.

As told to Katie Heaney

ask a boss 3/2/2021

‘My Terrible Boss Asked for Feedback. Should I Be Honest?’ For some managers, I welcome feedback really means “I want to hear that you like working for me.”

By Alison Green

second acts 3/2/2021

Married for the First Time at 64 “I really did have to think a lot about: What does it mean to commit yourself to someone?”

As told to Madeleine Aggeler

¡hola papi! 3/2/2021

‘I Feel Guilty for Living So Far From Home!’ Just like our lives, home is a shifting, changing thing because, well, we carry it with us.

By J.P. Brammer

second acts 3/2/2021

Jenna Lyons on Coming Out (and Being Outed) After 40 “I was tumbling into love with a woman and I didn’t have any guideposts.”

As told to Katie Heaney