My grandmother got ovarian cancer in her 70s. The initial sign came on New Year’s Eve, when Gram, who often said overeating was one of her greatest flaws, thought she had simply done that. She had eaten too much Chinese food, and that was why she threw up. Or so my grandmother reasoned. Next came
Singapore is overhauling its landmark baby bonus scheme, first introduced in 2001, as the city’s fertility rate and number of births fall to record lows. In 2025, births in the Southeast Asian country fell below 30,000 for the first time in its post-independence history, while the fertility rate dropped to just 0.87 per woman, a
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Javoris Hollingsworth and Arlene Hollingsworth, founders of Gracie’s Corner. It has been edited for length and clarity. My wife and I started Gracie’s Corner out of necessity. We were both working as professors during the pandemic, and we were using every resource we had to keep
On the outskirts of Phoenix, a small town with a huge reliance on the Colorado River has capped growth, revived old wells and struck water deals. But Cave Creek Mayor Robert Morris can’t shake the real possibility that it’s not enough to keep the desert community of about 5,000 people afloat well into the future.
Buying furniture online has always been risky, but skipping the Labor Day weekend furniture sales means missing out on some of the best discounts of the year. Best-case scenario: you snag a great sofa at a fair price without leaving your house. Worst case? You’re staring at 24 cardboard boxes in your living room, questioning
The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City’s annual economic symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, which featured Kevin Warsh’s first speech as chairman, is winding down Saturday. Here are some of the key takeaways from the conference: Warsh Emerging Warsh used a keynote speech to hammer home a message that curbing inflation is the central bank’s
