The author’s wife was hit by a truck on Thanksgiving eve and spent 21 days in the ICU. It had been two hours since I last heard from my partner, Anita. She’d called as she was getting ready to leave work. I offered to pick her up, but she told me that she preferred to…

The author, not pictured, will spend Thanksgiving alone with her dogs. Thanksgiving has always been one of my least favorite holidays. As a formerly homeless youth, the holiday’s emphasis on family bonding has never appealed to me. I haven’t been part of a big family Thanksgiving since I was a little kid. For most of…

John Tinniswood and his Guinness World Records certificate for being the world’s oldest man. In the UK in 1912, the Suffragettes were vandalizing post boxes to win women the right to vote and the Titanic was registered in the port city of Liverpool before its maiden, and only, voyage. Also registered in Liverpool that year…

Women are turning to poker to help their careers. Some women are building their confidence and career success at a surprising locale: a poker table. With its (at times) high-stakes, high-reward nature, the game of poker has helped train some women to be more comfortable negotiating and taking financial risks in their careers. It’s a…

The bitcoin rally is nowhere near over, according to one analyst who sees the cryptocurrency more than doubling in price over the next few years. Mark Palmer, a senior analyst at the New York-based investment bank The Benchmark Company, said he foresaw bitcoin soaring to $225,000 by the end of 2026. That implies a 136%…

Gen Xers are taking on more work amid cutting back on spending. America’s generational middle child is feeling the squeeze. A growing subset of Gen Xers — who were born from 1965 to 1980 and are 44 to 59 years old — are struggling to pay their bills, picking up additional work, and cutting down…

Solar-March and her family. When my husband and I met in 2011, we were in love with our careers. I worked as a marketing director in the music industry, and he was a bartender and vegetable farmer. We both worked late but always made time to see each other. We discussed getting married and having…

The Mouse House had a good 2024 — but challenges remain. After a string of challenges, Disney brought the magic in 2024. It wasn’t long ago that CEO Bob Iger was battling an expensive proxy fight, creative challenges, and streaming business losses. Iger has put many of those concerns behind him. Disney fended off activist…

Jay Jandrain has worked in the poultry business for 35 years. He tells B-17 he cooks two turkeys for Thanksgiving. The CEO of Butterball — perhaps the biggest name in turkeys — spends all year preparing for the biggest day for turkeys. But on Thanksgiving itself, the day is reserved for family — complete with…