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Finance
Pride at Work Is Priceless, but It’s Nice to Be Paid
Send questions about the office, money, careers and work-life balance to workfriend@nytimes.com. Include your name and location, or a request…
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Finance
The Student Loan Payment Pause Is Ending. Here’s How to Prepare.
A deal to raise the debt ceiling would require borrowers of federal student loans to resume paying for the first…
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Magazine
How Can I Stop Children From Bringing Toy Guns to the Playground?
A reader is frustrated by her children’s gravitation toward the toy guns a family brings to play with.
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Magazine
Our Throuple Fell Apart. What Are the Rules of the Breakup?
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on navigating the aftermath of a polyamorous relationship.
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News
How Do You Create a Container Garden? Start Here.
From the choice and arrangement of your pots to how you think about what goes in them, one garden designer…
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News
Your Email Does Not Constitute My Emergency
One morning last summer, I sent a rough draft of a speech to a colleague for feedback. Even though it…
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Books
Susanna Hoffs Has a Dollar Bill Signed by William S. Burroughs
What books are on your night stand? “Dickens and Prince: A Particular Kind of Genius,” by Nick Hornby. “Lincoln in…
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Finance
It’s Work, Not Junior High
Send questions about the office, money, careers and work-life balance to workfriend@nytimes.com. Include your name and location, or a request…
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Magazine
Can I Use My Adopted Child’s DNA to Find His Biological Parents?
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on protecting a child’s medical privacy while helping them learn about their past.
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News
Can My Neighbor Point a Video Doorbell at My Apartment Door?
Ubiquitous in many suburban neighborhoods, the devices have been slow to catch on in city apartments, but that is changing…