These Couples Survived a Lot. Then Came Retirement.
For many relationships, life after work brings an unexpected set of challenges.
By Susan Dominus
Susan Dominus has worked for The New York Times since 2007, first as a Metro columnist and then as staff writer for The New York Times Magazine. In 2018, she was part of a team that reported on workplace sexual harassment issues and won a Pulitzer Prize for public service. She won a Front Page Award from the Newswomen’s Club of New York and a Mychal Judge Heart of New York Award from the New York Press Club. She is a graduate of Yale College, and has studied as a fellow at the National Institutes of Health and Yale Law School. Her article, “The Covid Drug Wars That Pitted Doctor vs. Doctor,” was included in the 2021 edition of “The Best American Science and Nature Writing.”
For many relationships, life after work brings an unexpected set of challenges.
By Susan Dominus
We want to hear from you for a New York Times Magazine feature about how this transition can affect marriages and long-term relationships.
By Susan Dominus
As a young star, she endured Hollywood’s brutal treatment of women. Now she’s putting her resilience and grit on full display.
By Susan Dominus
Joan Jonas’s maximalist, category-defying work combines video, performance, folklore, sculpture and ecology. At 87, she still has no intention of simplifying anything.
By Susan Dominus and Emiliano Granado
Many New College athletes had no idea they were part of Ron DeSantis’s attack on “woke ideology.” Then the semester began.
By Susan Dominus
Tamar Shamir and Mohamed Abu Jafar tried for years to bring Jews and Palestinians together. Now they wonder if they ever understood each other.
By Susan Dominus
Declining male enrollment has led many colleges to adopt an unofficial policy: affirmative action for men.
By Susan Dominus
In “Birth Control,” Allison Yarrow argues that this country’s male-dominated medical industry prioritizes control instead of the autonomy — and safety — of pregnant patients.
By Susan Dominus
Our writer explains why menopause has been misunderstood by both doctors and society, and what happened after she wrote about it.
By Matina Stevis-Gridneff, Lynsea Garrison, Sydney Harper, Olivia Natt, Diana Nguyen, Shannon Lin, Paige Cowett, Patricia Willens, Marion Lozano, Dan Powell, Elisheba Ittoop and Chris Wood
Susan Dominus uses first-person narration to humanize her reporting — even when she’s writing about topics such as therapy or menopause.
By Susan Dominus