Congress needs to prevent a flight from college

The coronavirus outbreak forced students at colleges across the U.S. to finish the spring semester at home. As Congress considers additional relief for higher education, lawmakers should focus on helping students at greatest risk of abandoning their studies altogether.

Essential workers need better safety net

A disproportionate number of those who have gotten sick or died from COVID-19 have been people of color and immigrants. Not surprisingly, many of them, considered “essential workers,” have been on the job.

Puzzles, bicycles and flour? America’s isolation memories in the making

Since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, we’ve mourned deaths that have come too soon, had our hearts drop at the sound of wheezing or shaky breath from a loved one. We’ve had our workspaces move from offices to the confines of our homes; we’ve had our hours cut, our work put on hold, our jobs stripped from us. Our faces have twisted at the sight of yet another bill we can’t afford.

Let’s Talk Food: What chefs cook at home

Thomas Keller, one of the world’s most admired chefs who owns The French Laundry in Yountville, Calif.; Bouchon in Northern California, Las Vegas and New York; Per Se in Manhattan, N.Y.; and Ad Hoc in Napa Valley, Calif., had to close his restaurants during the COVID-19 pandemic.