This year, during the heat of summer, when temperatures in New York surpassed 90F, the 22 solar panels on the roof of my house were doing absolutely nothing. This is not something I learned until September, four months after my husband and I bought this house with a purportedly functional leased solar system in upstate […]
The Trucking Bubble Has Burst The trucking industry boomed during the pandemic, luring new drivers. Now, in some cases, those drivers are fighting debt and homelessness. By Alana Semuels September 13, 2023
It was hard to escape the narrative, during the pandemic, that there was a severe shortage of truck drivers who could move goods from one place to another. In reality, the trucking industry has a retention problem, and has often struggled to find enough people to work a grueling job for low pay. But there […]