Articles filed under Washington Post
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Retail workers in their 60s, 70s and 80s say they're worried about their health - but need the moneyApr 05, 2020 6:18 am - Julio Guzman doesn't want to stop working. But these days, just about everyone is urging the 71-year-old to stay home: His wife, his kids, state officials, even the pres...
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Can my employer force me to go to work during the pandemic?Apr 05, 2020 6:10 am - A lot of "good guy/bad guy" narratives are emerging about how employers are treating employees during the coronavirus pandemic. Here are a couple of first-person account...
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With hand sanitizer and elbow bumps, real estate agents are still selling during pandemicApr 05, 2020 6:00 am - Rob Wittman is astonished that in a time of social distancing, real estate agents are holding open houses, allowing inspections and closing sales. “It's just bothering m...
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'You're basically right next to the nuclear reactor': A Chicago doctor on one of the pandemic era's most dangerous jobsApr 05, 2020 1:00 am - Cory Deburghgraeve, a 33-year-old Chicago physician, on his job amid the coronavirus pandemic, as told to Washington Post reporter Eli Saslow: I could be the last p...
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Netflix's 'Tiger King' is a massive hit; now the backlash has arrivedApr 04, 2020 7:28 am - Right on schedule, the "Tiger King" backlash has arrived. It happens frequently with true crime documentaries: The series drops, people become obsessed and then as the m...
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Zoom has become the movie of our lives, boxed for an occasion we didn't know was comingApr 04, 2020 6:19 am - Some cinematic languages are ahead of their eras. Others arrive just in time. Eons ago - also known as January - Zoom was a semi-obscure service known mostly as a busine...
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Analysis: We're all video chatting now. But some of us hate it.Apr 04, 2020 6:16 am - It's no wonder Samantha Bergeson hates video calls. The 25-year-old's courses at NYU, where she's a senior in the journalism school, transitioned to online video amid th...
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Some companies are pledging not to lay off employees, for nowApr 04, 2020 6:10 am - On the evening of March 19, as statewide stay-at-home orders were just beginning, reports of job layoffs were surging and the number of U.S. coronavirus cases topped 14,...
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One-quarter of us extra vulnerable to coronavirusApr 04, 2020 6:00 am - The coronavirus is now striking in geographic areas where more Americans are older or have underlying health problems, making them extra vulnerable to complications from...
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Like virus, alcohol drinking on the riseApr 04, 2020 6:00 am - As the coronavirus outbreak and stay-at-home orders spread, so did alcohol consumption. Ward Greenberg, an American lawyer working in Germany, said he was going to give ...