TikTok Great news, everyone! Cases of the measles in the U.S. are at a 30 year high! We did it! U-S-A! U-S-A! Oh. Did I say “great news?” I meant the opposite of that. It’s a tragedy. Currently, the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are reporting 1,319 cases across 40 jurisdictions — and...
Andresr/Getty Images I was a waitress longer than I was anything else. I covered breakfasts at a highway diner, worked weddings at a local hotel, tended bar at an Irish pub. I’ve replenished salad dressings at salad bars when that was a trend for a while; I’ve married a million ketchups. I’ve counted beer bottles...
Thomas Barwick/Getty Images Move over, quiet quitting! There’s a new work-related trend everyone seems to be talking about all of a sudden: micro-retirements. Unfamiliar but intrigued? According to Sam Taube, a lead investing writer at NerdWallet, "Micro-retirements are leisure-oriented breaks from work that typically last a few months." Taube stresses it’s not the same as...
Pool/Getty Images News/Getty Images This week, the U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way for President Donald Trump’s administration to resume the gutting of the U.S. Department of Education. This dismantling goes hand in hand with his larger plan to shrink the federal government’s role in education in favor of more control by the states, a...