‘We Need to Be Worried’: Three University Leaders on the Fate of Higher Education in the Trump Era

The view from Dartmouth, the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Wesleyan.

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As UK Tries to Curb Immigration, Rural Scotland Looks to Attract Foreign Workers

Bucking the anti-immigration trend in British politics, remote areas of Scotland would like to attract foreign workers to offset declining local populations.

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Working Past 100? In Japan, Some People Never Quit.

We met five remarkable people who’ve lived for more than a century and have yet to retire. For them, a working life is a richer one.

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When Caregiving Makes Women Ill

Eastern Europeans have migrated in droves to take care of Italy’s aged and infirm. Then they started getting sick, with an ailment dubbed ‘Italy syndrome.’

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India’s Most Valuable Export: Tens of Millions of Workers

India plans to send its vast work force abroad to countries with labor shortages, like Germany and Japan.

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Chronic Disease Deaths Have Fallen Globally, but Progress in U.S. Stalled

Among working-age Americans, death from chronic disease actually increased — a rarity among high-income countries, a new report shows.

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This Is Why New Orleans Never Recovered From Katrina

New Orleans after Katrina is a cautionary tale for every place in America that will one day face its own disaster.

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New Study Shows Heat Waves Make People Age Faster

Exposure to heat waves over just two years could add up to 12 extra days of age-related health damage.

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Immigrant Population in U.S. Drops for the First Time in Decades

An analysis of census data by the Pew Research Center found that between January and June, the foreign-born population declined by nearly 1.5 million.

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No Running Water and No Electricity, but for Some Venetians, This Island Is Paradise

A citizens’ group is now in charge of the island of Poveglia, where they will create a park for anyone who wants to leave Venice’s maddening crowds of tourists behind.

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