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Sangeeta Ashok Devde, a domestic worker in Mumbai, says female domestic workers are often burnt out. "None of us get decent wages or paid time off," says Devde. "My body is just worn out as a result of working for so long in other people's homes as well as my own." Some of her friends have quit their jobs.

It's a mystery: Women in India drop out of the workforce even as the economy grows

Some say it's a sign of prosperity. In conservative India, if women can afford not to work, they don't. But economists say there's more to it.

One in 5 workers in the U.S., or some 30 million people, are estimated to have signed noncompete agreements. Many say they weren't aware of the details and barely even remember signing them.

Many workers barely recall signing noncompetes, until they try to change jobs

Employers say that noncompete agreements are needed to protect trade secrets and investments. The FTC says they deprive workers of their economic liberties and has proposed a rule to ban them.

Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice - pictured here at a reception of the American Academy in Berlin - has called for "urgency" in sending weapons and financial aid to Ukraine.

Condoleezza Rice calls for 'urgency' in sending weapons and money to Ukraine

Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice thinks the way forward for the war in Ukraine is: more. More weapons and more money to Ukraine's forces trying to kick Russia out of their country.

House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., speaks after a closed-door meeting Tuesday morning with the GOP conference as he pursues the speaker of the House.

House leadership is in limbo as McCarthy loses 3 rounds of voting for speaker

Rep. Kevin McCarthy failed to secure the necessary votes to become House speaker in another round of voting — the third — after 20 House Republicans voted against him.

John Reynolds outside of the Post Office on Christmas, a regular part of his job.

The Yosemite postmaster retires after more than 40 years (and a whole lot of mail)

John Reynolds started his career in the summer of 1978 as a college student. This week, he said goodbye to the calling of a lifetime.

A pile of debris from Hurricane Ian rises behind a line of people waiting to vote in Fort Myers, Fla., in November 2022. Research suggests support for some climate policies increases immediately after climate-driven disasters such as Ian.

How our perception of time shapes our approach to climate change

Climate goals can feel distant. But climate change is happening right now. Speed up the benefits for taking action, psychologists say, if you want leaders and others to pay attention and act.

Robert Gottlieb describes editing as a service job: "Our job is to serve the word, serve the author, serve the text."

He's edited Caro, le Carré and 'Catch-22,' but doesn't mind if you don't know his name

Robert Gottlieb has been working in publishing since 1955. The documentary Turn Every Page, by daughter Lizzie Gottlieb, examines his decades-long editing relationship with author Robert Caro.

Bill Nighy plays a bottled-up bureaucrat who embarks on a quest for meaning in <em>Living</em>.

Sleekly sentimental, 'Living' plays like an 'Afterschool Special' for grownups

Bill Nighy plays a bottled-up bureaucrat on a quest for meaning in Kazuo Ishiguro's adaptation of Akira Kurosawa's 1952 film Ikiru. The first film felt inventive and urgent — Living doesn't live up.

In county jails, guards use pepper spray, stun guns to subdue people in mental crisis

An investigation finds that corrections officers in Pennsylvania use physical force on people who may be unable to comply with orders due to a mental health condition.

A divided Congress may sideline protecting the census after Trump's interference

With a Democratic Senate and a GOP House, some census advocates are looking past the new Congress for other ways to help protect the 2030 census and other head counts from political interference.

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