Ergonomics Expert Explains How to Set Up Your Desk
Our desks weren't made for us. They were made for everyone. So ergonomics expert Jon Cinkay from the Hospital for Special Surgery is here to show you how to make your desk and office chair adapt to you and not the other way around. Photo: Adam Falk/The Wall Street Journal
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June 18, 2019
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Why LGBTQ Ads Have Evolved
In 2019, LGBTQ-themed ads are ubiquitous. And they’re now more diverse than ever. As gay pride 2019 approaches, WSJ’s Spencer Macnaughton takes a look at how these ads have evolved over the last five decades. Photo Composite: Adele Morgan/The Wall Street Journal
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June 17, 2019
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'Deadpool' Actor Ryan Reynolds Discusses His Side Hustle as an Entrepreneur
In the debut interview of the WSJ's Business of Celebrity series, actor Ryan Reynolds talks to WSJ News Editor Lee Hawkins about how he built his acting career and his recent purchase of stake in a liquor company, Aviation Gin.
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June 14, 2019
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Huawei's Chinese Phones Are Also American
The U.S. blacklisting of Huawei is cutting off American businesses from a big client. WSJ’s Dan Strumpf looks at the American technology that has powered the Chinese company’s smartphones. Photo composite: Sharon Shi
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June 13, 2019
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A Home Built to Be a Live-In Museum and Expansive Library
After their house burned down, David Montague and his wife decided to rebuild a home tailored to their needs, where they could display their art, access their books and entertain up to 100 people. David gives us a tour of their modern home in Fort Worth, Texas. Photo: Rob Alcaraz/The Wall Street Journal
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June 11, 2019
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App Rewards Kids for Chores, Teaches Value of Money
Anna Kreditor doesn’t keep a chore chart anymore. She uses RoosterMoney. The app and others like it are helping parents motivate kids and sparking conversations about money at an early age. Photo: Adam Falk/The Wall Street Journal
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June 07, 2019
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Why the VIX Keeps Investors on Edge
Since the financial crisis, the Cboe Volatility Index — also known as the VIX — has been considered an early warning signal for market distress. But how does it work? WSJ explains. Photo Composite: Tom McCarten for The Wall Street Journal.
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June 06, 2019
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What the CDC and States Are Doing to Stop the Spread of Measles
With measles outbreaks continuing to rise as the summer travel season heats up, WSJ’s Lorie Hirose takes a look at state vaccination laws and what the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is doing to fight the disease. Photo Illustration: Laura Kammermann
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June 05, 2019
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Police Unlock AI's Potential to Monitor, Surveil and Solve Crimes
Law enforcement agencies like the New Orleans Police Department are adopting artificial-intelligence based systems to analyze surveillance footage. WSJ's Jason Bellini gets a demonstration of the tracking technology and hears why some think it’s a game changer, while for others it’s raising concerns around privacy and potential bias. Photo: Drew Evans/The Wall Street Journal
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June 04, 2019
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Why You Can't Win at Privacy Whac-A-Mole
Despite new initiatives from Google and Facebook, messing with privacy controls is like playing a carnival game. Knock out one way for advertisers to track you, and they quickly find another way to do it. WSJ's Joanna Stern heads to Coney Island to explain. Photo: Kenny Wassus
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June 03, 2019
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'I'm Still Angry,' A Tiananmen Survivor Confronts Painful Memories
Rose Tang, an activist and artist in Brooklyn, was among pro-democracy protesters in Beijing's Tiananmen Square on June 4, 1989. On the 30th anniversary of the military crackdown, she talks about what sparked the demonstrations and why they’re important to remember. Photo: Dorothy Hong for The Wall Street Journal
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May 31, 2019
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How Drug Prices Work
Drug pricing is complicated and secretive. WSJ explains how the flow of money, drugs and rebates behind the scenes may drive up the price of prescription medicine for consumers. Illustration: Mallory Brangan
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May 30, 2019
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Netflix's Hollywood Rivals Are Spoiling for a Fight
Disney, AT&T and Comcast have plans to enter the streaming-video ring, armed with well-known TV and movie brands. But can they hold their own against industry juggernaut Netflix? Photo illustration: Heather Seidel/The Wall Street Journal
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May 29, 2019
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Tesla Slump Reflects Growing Skepticism of Company Vision
Tesla CEO Elon Musk said 2019 would bring an affordable electric car built in a new factory in China. But as WSJ’s Tim Higgins reports, investors may be losing confidence in that plan. Photo illustration: Laura Kammermann
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May 28, 2019
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Theresa May Resigns: What's Next for Brexit?
Theresa May announced her plan to step down as British prime minister without completing the Brexit process, marking the start of a delicate political transition for the U.K. WSJ’s Max Colchester explains what happens next. Photo: Reuters
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May 24, 2019
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How Tariffs Could Impact Your Home Renovation
The cost of home renovations could rise by thousands of dollars thanks to the increase in U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods. WSJ’s Jason Bellini takes a look at how consumers will be affected. Photo: Angus Mordant/Bloomberg
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May 23, 2019
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Anti-EU Leaders' New Strategy: Attack It From the Inside
Nationalist and far-right parties are growing in popularity across Europe. Their new strategy: Join forces to gain influence within Europe's institutions. Photo: Getty Images
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May 22, 2019
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Plastic: The Scourge of Cities Becomes a Resource
Plastic represents one of the biggest waste challenges for cities in the future. The Wall Street Journal examines the new technologies that could revolutionize our conception of waste. Photo illustration: Drew Evans/The Wall Street Journal
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May 21, 2019
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How Smartphones Sabotage Your Brain's Ability to Focus
Our phones give us instant gratification. But there’s a cost: loss of attention and productivity. WSJ's Daniela Hernandez goes on a quest to understand the science of distractions and what you can do stay be more focused and productive. Photo/Illustration: Natalia V. Osipova/Drew Evans
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May 20, 2019
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Bose Frames Review: The Headphones of the Future Are... Sunglasses
The problem with headphones is that they’re headphones. Bose’s answer is a pair of sunglasses that projects audio into your ears, and use sensors to do some really cool things like audible navigation, as WSJ’s David Pierce demonstrates. Photo/Video: Emily Prauolenis/The Wall Street Journal
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May 17, 2019
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Like many farmers across the Midwest facing an exceptionally rainy planting season, Doug Hafer is looking to fill the days he would normally spend planting his farms in La Rue, Ohio.⠀
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It's going to be a year without income basically, said the 48-year-old, a seventh-generation farmer, as the U.S. experiences the wettest 12-month period on record.⠀
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From South Dakota to Ohio, a succession of storms has kept farmers out of their fields for weeks. In northern Ohio, many fields that would normally be knee-high with corn plants by now stand barren, have puddles of standing water or are choked with weeds.⠀
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In Ohio, 33% of corn has been planted through June 2, compared with the five-year average of 90%, according to @usdagov. In Illinois, the number stands at 45%, compared with the five-year average of 98%.⠀
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If you've read more than one or two articles about the stock market, you've probably seen a picture of Peter Tuchman. With his wild Einstein-style hair, vivid expressions and theatrical gestures, he has been the go-to guy for photographers and photo editors who need an action shot from the floor of the @nyse.⠀
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But now another trader with a face the camera loves, Gregory Rowe, has been competing with Tuchman for that designation. The 46-year-old's distinctive mien serves as a useful barometer for what is going on at the stock exchange, telegraphing emotional states such as apprehension, anticipation and disappointment.⠀
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Although Rowe is press-shy compared with Tuchman, he recognizes that the tide may be turning in the battle for most photographed trader. A lot of people say it’s me, he said.⠀
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An overwhelming number of the hundreds of thousands of demonstrators who poured into Hong Kong's streets Sunday to protest a proposed law that would extend the reach of China's judiciary into the city were young people.⠀
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Many who marched in opposition to the bill—which would allow suspected criminals in Hong Kong to be sent to mainland China for trial—had taken to the streets for the first time during demonstrations the previous week.⠀
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In Tapachula, Mexico, near the Guatemalan border, a line of Central American migrants stretches down the street and around the corner from the local office of the federal refugee agency. Entire families, single mothers carrying children and young men who say they are fleeing threats from criminal gangs wait for hours in the hot sun to start or continue their asylum paperwork, a procedure far fewer people pursued during the early months of this year. Many arrive at night and sleep on the street to be among the first attended to. Most are Guatemalans, Hondurans and Salvadorans, but they also include Cubans, Venezuelans, Haitians and Africans.
Some say they want to stay in Mexico because getting into the U.S. is increasingly difficult. Others just want papers allowing them to move freely through Mexico on their way to the U.S. Many say they are seeking asylum in Mexico because they see it as protection from detention and deportation now that the Mexican government has stepped up enforcement.
From January through May, asylum requests in Mexico almost tripled from the same period a year ago to some 24,400. The upsurge in asylum requests comes amid a shortage of resources: the Tapachula office alone has nearly 13,000 unresolved asylum cases, and just 35 employees to process the applications.
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Homelessness has become such a big problem in the San Francisco area that waters outside the city are increasingly crowded with people living on makeshift boats.⠀
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The homeless population floating off the coast of wealthy Marin County, just north of San Francisco, has doubled in recent years to about 100, according to authorities. ⠀
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The ragtag collection of some 200 barges, sailboats, and other mostly decrepit vessels is a sign of an affordable-housing crisis in California and particularly in the San Francisco Bay Area, where the median price for an existing single-family home has nearly tripled since 2009, according to March data from the California Association of Realtors. ⠀
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@beatricedomond is one of skateboarding's most promising talents. The 24-year-old dropped out of college in her native Florida late last summer and moved to New York City to focus full-time on a career in the sport. So far, her decision is paying off.
Domond, who describes skating as an “obsession,” is the first and only woman sponsored by Supreme and F—ing Awesome, two brands that employ today's most buzzed-about skaters.
As a teen, she says she had no awareness of Supreme as a streetwear behemoth, but idolized the work of skate videographer @williamstrobeck and pro skater/FA co-founder @jason_dill. She would continually send them her skate videos, and eventually they developed a correspondence that blossomed into appearances in Supreme's skate videos and a sign-on to the FA team. I could go back to school when [I'm] older. I know a lot of people say that and don't go back, but I would really like to go back, Domond says. I just felt like 'Ok, I can do this now.' She is on track to go pro in the near future, which would make her the second black woman ever to do so.
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Stone, wood and Japanese minimalism mark the aesthetic of this contemporary West Hollywood home.⠀
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The 3,600-square-foot property took about a year and roughly $2 million to construct—and its design is influenced by the business that helped build it.⠀
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Owner Arik Tender brought Caesarstone, the now ubiquitous brand of quartz used in countertops, to the U.S. from Israel in 1999. He and his wife Debra used the material throughout their home, which features an array of rock, wood and glass. ⠀
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From Mexican brands and Thai chili sauces to vinegar-laced styles rooted in the American South, consumers keep reaching for hot sauce 🌶.⠀
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Big food companies have taken note. Hot sauces represent a profitable way to reach a younger, more diverse crowd than the shrinking base of customers for some familiar condiments and packaged foods that have fallen out of step with dining trends.⠀
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Food giants are facing stiff competition from a disparate array of hot-sauce producers with committed followings. Small brands made up 41% of the hot-sauce market last year, according to market-research firm Euromonitor.⠀
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Twin brothers Bill and Chris Sharples grew up in a family with a passion for racing cars. Their grandfather owned more than 30—including this 1965 Aston Martin. ⠀
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The DB5 Vantage was his most prized, the car he drove the most, Bill said of his grandfather, who bought the car after seeing James Bond drive it in the 1964 movie “Goldfinger.”⠀
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He ordered the Aston Martin from a British factory for $14,432.15—“we have all the paperwork,” Bill noted—or roughly $118,000 in today's dollars.⠀
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After their grandfather passed away in 1990, the brothers pooled their money and purchased it for $50,000.⠀
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The pair have managed to maintain the car in its most pristine state, finding the same mechanics who took care of it 40 years ago, and have only replaced the two rods that hold up the hood. Everything else is original down to the paint job and the emerald green leather, Chris said.⠀
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Hundreds of police in Hong Kong fired tear gas and rubber bullets to clear protesters demonstrating against a widely unpopular bill that would allow extradition of alleged criminals to mainland China.⠀
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Hours after thousands of mostly young protesters blocked streets and forced the city's legislature to postpone debate on the measure, police declared a riot and accused protesters of hurling metal rods and bricks at officers. ⠀
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The protest, which followed a mass demonstration by up to a million people on Sunday, is the biggest outbreak of public unrest in years and comes as the administration of Chinese leader Xi Jinping moves to bring the former British colony closer to the mainland. ⠀
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The extradition law has struck a nerve among locals in Hong Kong who view it as eroding their freedoms, and revived an opposition movement that was floundering just months ago.⠀
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Naomi Granger ditched her desk job after 12 years as a public accountant to launch a freelance accounting practice that helps marijuana startups. A lot of these business owners have been operating in black markets for decades, said the 38-year-old, whose company @dopecfo prepares and assesses financial records for accuracy and compliance with the latest tax laws. Now that they have the opportunity to do business legally, many are struggling to adjust because they've done things their own way for so long. Over the past several years, 33 U.S. states and Washington, D.C., have adopted laws that allow adults to smoke pot for recreation or to treat medical conditions, fueling the rise of thousands of new businesses like Granger's.
She works out of her home in Las Vegas and says her pay can range from $5,000 to $30,000 a month, but that's not her favorite part of the job. It feels like we're part of a movement, she said, after seeing so many people benefit from the medical breakthroughs with marijuana, and using cannabis to overcome opioid addiction. Read more at the link in our bio. 📷: @rogerkisby for @wsjphotos
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Housing reserved for migrant farmworkers is sparking tension among lower-income residents of California's Central Coast.⠀
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Motels, apartments and single-family homes in Santa Maria, Calif., and other nearby towns are being converted to dormitory-style residences for temporary guest workers, tightening the supply of housing and pushing up already high rents.⠀
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As border security has gotten more strict in recent years, agricultural companies in Santa Maria are relying less on illegal immigrant laborers and instead turning to a visa category called H-2A. Employers are required to provide housing that meets minimum standards as part of the H-2A program.⠀
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Illegal immigrants have long been a backbone of the labor force on the Central Coast, where agriculture employed an average of 70,900 workers last year. They usually find their own housing and are among those concerned about being pushed out as more H-2A workers arrive and rents rise.⠀
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