Five Former Journalists on Why They Left the Industry: “I felt like I kind of hit a ceiling. And the ceiling was dropping.” (Nieman Lab)

The Big Business of Loneliness: Coworking spaces, friendship apps, and adult dorms are selling human connection. (Vox)

How a Professional Mover Spends His Sundays (The New York Times)

Why Does Medicine Cost So Much? Here’s how drug prices are set. (TIME)

The End of the American Dream: How Covid-19 and faulty PPP loans have wiped out small businesses. (Cover story, Vox’s The Highlight)

Cheap Rent, Amazing Views: What It’s Like to Live on Angel Island: “Last call for San Francisco!” (Curbed)

The Bed-Bug Whisperer of Brooklyn: Billy Swan is a genius at ridding your home of things that terrorize in the middle of the night. (The Outline)

Scientists Are Working on a Pill for Loneliness: Inside the hunt for drugs that ease the effects of isolation on the brain. (OneZero)

Wellness for the Well-to-Do: New centers can help you reach peak wellness—for just a few hundred dollars per month. (Outside Magazine)

Under the Influence: Enter the exhausting world of the new entrepreneurial coaches. (Fortune Magazine)

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