Lifestyle & Society
Work, community and the small institutions that hold everyday life together.
Lifestyle
The Quiet Return of the Third Place
Libraries, pools and community halls are filling a gap that cafés and offices left behind. The economics are fragile, but the demand is real.
Lifestyle
The Four-Day Week Grows Up
The pilots are over. What remains is a smaller, quieter question: which jobs can actually do less, and who pays for the difference?
More from the newsroom
Reporting from the other four sections.
Breaking
Port Shutdowns Test a Supply Chain Already at Its Limit
Three of the world's busiest container gateways are running at reduced capacity. Retailers say the buffer that absorbed past shocks is gone.
Breaking
Record October Heat Forces Cities Into Emergency Mode
A late-season heat dome has pushed temperatures past 38C in southern Europe and strained power grids from Spain to the Balkans.
Politics
Coalition Talks Collapse Over a Single Budget Rule
Eleven weeks of negotiations ended in ninety minutes. The sticking point was a debt brake that one party calls discipline and another calls a straitjacket.
Business
Central Banks Hold Rates as Growth Quietly Cools
Two major central banks left policy unchanged this week. The decision was easy. Explaining it to households paying more for everything is not.