1/ Travel in 2021 is going to be stop-and-go as governments and businesses try to figure out an equitable way back to normal. (📝 by @triptilahiri) qz.com/1959316/how-tr…
2/ Vaccines made the world optimistic at the end of 2020, but the discovery of new, more infectious strains of Covid-19, soaring caseloads, and rising death rates in several parts of the world is diminishing that hope. qz.com/1959316/how-tr…
3/ Expect Covid-19 tests for air travel to become the norm. There are efforts to standardize them throughout the industry, paving the way for future requirements that will become a staple of international travel. (📝 by @timmcdonnell) qz.com/1961077/will-w…
4/ A myriad of organizations are working to standardize vaccine passports, but it won’t be easy. While a great showcase of ingenuity and responsiveness, the free market for Covid-19 passport solutions creates problems. (📝by @annequito) qz.com/1962308/what-c…
5/ Staycations will dominate if China is any example.
International travel remains out of the question for most, so authorities are making the most of the opportunity by promoting local destinations for citizens. (📝 by @Jane_Li911) qz.com/1962051/chinas…
6/ The return of large in-person events presents a moral quandary. Organizers must weigh the ethical risks that any given gathering could turn into a spreader event against the potential gains, economic or otherwise. (📝 by @triptilahiri) qz.com/1963444/will-l…
1/ As our animals have transformed from our property to our de facto children, a massive and lucrative industry has developed to feed and care for them. (📝 by @Ostaley) qz.com/1954821/how-am…
2/ Americans spent nearly $100 billion on pets and pet care last year, according to estimates from @APPAtweets. That’s more than what they spent on smartphones or at the movies, combined, and greater than the GDP of Ethiopia. qz.com/1954821/how-am…
3/ Pet care and food offer investors the size and stability of a mature industry. Yet the changing nature of the relationship between humans and their animals means it has the characteristics of a new, fast-growing sector. (📝 by @katherineefoley) qz.com/1952680/how-pe…
1/ The unique impact of the coronavirus recession makes a fast recovery possible, but even after the pandemic recedes, the global economy will be facing a myriad of problems. (📝 by @TimFernholz) qz.com/1950143/what-t…
2/ Once vaccines tamp down on the pandemic, we can expect economic growth to shoot up. How fast that will happen is a big question mark. qz.com/1950143/what-t…
3/ But huge pre-pandemic economic quagmires await us on the other side. Before the first Covid-19 case, there was a lengthy list of wildcards such as climate-change disasters, cyberattacks, and war. (📝 by @TimFernholz) qz.com/1948970/the-gl…
1/ The pandemic is ushering in a new era of employee activism, but workers are building on a long history of organized labor. (📝@LilaMacLellan) qz.com/work/1944415/t…
2/ What’s different about the “new” employee activism is that it’s mostly happening in non-unionized workplaces, and in industries where employees have rarely leveraged their collective power. qz.com/work/1944415/t…
3/ Corporate leaders are scrambling to find the right way to respond, but creating mechanisms for giving employees some real power could actually be an asset for companies. It can attract talent and make a company stronger in the process. (📝@ossolalex) qz.com/work/1942960/h…
1/ Your food prepping and eating habits have likely changed since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, and some of those habits might even shape your Thanksgiving meal this week: qz.com/1935372/how-co…
2/ Not only did we rush to order more groceries at the start of Covid-19, but we’re cooking and ordering more mindfully.
For those with the time and income, stay-at-home orders encouraged a reckoning with food quality and the chance to slow down: qz.com/1935372/how-co…
3/ Food has been a familiar source of comfort during the pandemic.
Some people have used the slower pace of life to eat more healthily than they might have before. For others, the stress has led to emotional eating—and sometimes weight gain. qz.com/1935372/how-co…
1/ Joe Biden has been voted the next president of the United States in an election that tested America’s democratic institutions. #Election2020qz.com/1929432/trump-…
2/ US voters tend to participate less now than in the past, and indeed less than those in other contemporary democracies. But the 2020 election saw the most participation in 120 years: qz.com/1929084/the-tr…
3/ US voter participation might not be the only thing that’s changing. Several signs point to a future in which mail-in ballots will represent a large chunk of votes in a general election, even after the pandemic. qz.com/1929165/why-th…
1/ Over the last four years, the Trump administration has capitalized on resentments to wage war against the H-1B visa program, which has brought skilled immigrants into the US for 30 years. (📝 by @_ananyaaa) qz.com/guide/h-1b-vis…
2/ The program is an engine for US economic growth. Data show that despite the Trump administration’s clampdown, the H-1B’s charm holds steadfast. Thousands more people apply than there are visas available. qz.com/india/1915511/…
3/ The H-1B visa is not perfect. But experts say reforming it—instead of just restricting it—could actually boost productivity and innovation. qz.com/india/1915511/…