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Students graduating from college this year were preschoolers on 9/11, grew up during the Great Recession and are launching into adulthood amid a global pandemic. How much more can Gen Z take?
Advice to the Class of 2020 from People Who Graduated in the Last Recession
Seven tips to help this year's college seniors succeed from experts who got their own degrees during the Great Recession and other crises—and made out just fine anyway
We Need to Talk About Death | Opinion
We used to be intimately familiar with death; today we are barely on speaking terms. But as our response to the COVID-10 pandemic shows, it's not because we've grown any more resilient.
Buffett/Gates: Their "Giving Pledge" is 10 years old. Is it a Success?
More Than 200 billionaires promised to donate a majority of their wealth since the Buffet/Gates "Giving Pledge" launched 10 years ago. Is that a success?
Why the Coronavirus Pandemic is Philanthropy's Big Moment
Why charities like the United Way are built to tackle Covid-19
Inside the Next Phase of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Q&A with Mark Suzman: Next Up For The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
In Focus
Potter’s Field
Tijuana, Mexico
An unclaimed victim of Covid-19 is buried by cemetery workers in protective gear at Tijuana’s municipal cemetery No. 13 on April 21. With more than 187,000 deaths worldwide from coronavirus as of April 23 according to Johns Hopkins University of Medicine, morgues globally have become overwhelmed, causing many of the dead to be buried in public fields and mass graves before they can be claimed by family.
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Periscope
The computer analysis showed that as restrictions loosen, the coronavirus will make a comeback; social distancing rules would have to go into effect a second time.. and a third, and so on. And it might not even work.
Horizons
Depression "is not a mood, it's a psychological disorder," says John Moe, podcaster and author of "The Hilarious World of Depression." "Simplistic solutions [are] useless to the point of being insulting. It's like saying, 'Just go for a nice walk and you won't have such leukemia.'"
Podcaster John Moe on What's Most Important To Understand About Depression
"I won't unfriend depression. While the friend wants to kill me, I have learned to deny it the means and opportunity to do so, so we're good. Honestly, the perspective that depression has on the world can be edifying even if it is full of distortions," says podcaster John Moe.
Downtime
From scale-covered pangolins to 170-year-old tortoises to miniature two-pound foxes, take a peek at the world's most unique creatures on every continent from the safety of your couch.
Soothing CBD Gifts for an Anxious Time
CBD may be just the thing to make the stress everyone is feeling a little more bearable. After testing almost 100 CBD products, we found more than 25 gift sets or bundles that we think are a timely treat for yourself or someone from whom you are social distancing.
Hasan Minhaj on a Post-Covid-19 'Patriot Act' on Netflix
If there's one area of entertainment perhaps best suited to tackle a global crisis, it's comedy talk shows like Hasan Minhaj's 'Patriot Act' on Netflix.