Upshot: How Medicine Became the Stealth Family-Friendly Profession

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Emily Kask for The New York Times How Medicine Became the Stealth Family-Friendly Profession Female doctors are more likely than other professionals to keep working after having children. The reasons offer lessons for other jobs. by claire cain miller Doug Mills/The New York Times Trump's Message: The Economy Is Great. But We Need a Big Stimulus. Facing a tension between preparing for bad outcomes and scaring the public, the president is sending simultaneous, contradictory messages. by neil irwin

Associated Press Who's to Blame When Algorithms Discriminate? A proposed rule from HUD would make it harder to hold people accountable for subtler forms of discrimination. by emily badger Anna Moneymaker/The New York Times Deficit Will Reach $1 Trillion Next Year, Budget Office Predicts The federal budget deficit is growing faster than expected as President Trump considers plans that would add to government debt, like tax cuts. by jim tankersley and emily cochrane

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