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I’ve had commutes I’ve loved. Pushing my son in a stroller to catch a ferry across Boston Harbor. A long subway ride into Manhattan with plenty of time to read. A commuter rail ride from the Boston suburbs where I often found a friend to chat with in the crowded seats.
The COVID-19 pandemic killed that last routine – and while the switch to working at home was sensible and had its unexpected upsides, I do sometimes miss the ritual of making my way into the office and back home again.
So I wasn’t surprised that a story about how many Americans missed commuting was our most popular story of the week.
Matthew Piszczek and Kristie McAlpine are management scholars at Wayne State University and Rutgers University who wanted to understand how people felt when their commutes suddenly disappeared.
Commuting is “a time free of both home and work roles that provides an opportunity to … mentally switch gears,” they write.
Today is Super Bowl Sunday. Experts expect a record-breaking 50 million bettors to wager $16 billion on the game.
In New Jersey, state law requires yearly evaluations of the relationship of online gambling to problem gambling. Lia Nower conducts those annual evaluations as part of her work.
The fastest-growing group of sports bettors is young adults, Nower writes. And the federal government is doing nothing about advertising that glamorizes gambling.
Later this week, we’ll bring you stories about how the most diverse Supreme Court in history may rule on affirmative action, earthquake risks faced by nations around the world and the rural right-to-repair movement.
Also check out our latest ebook examining the rise of sports gambling in the U.S.
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