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I was thinking and writing recently about those individuals who live long and remember well. They are known as “super-agers” and I suspect my mother was one of…

Between school and my somewhat frequent visits home to Southern California , I’ve been on an ongoing search to find my “third place” — somewhere different from these locations.

“What would it look like to support trusted community spaces and almost create a microcosm of the world that we want to live in?”

Millennials are more depressed than ever due to a deterioration of "third places" in the United States.

Wawas experiment in seamless hoagie logistics is flawed, and creates an uncanny valley version of the "Wawa experience."

We often hear that college is the best time of our lives. It’s one of the first times young people can freely explore and express themselves, with endless opportunities to

Instacart’s long-gestating stock-market debut is another sign that a recession is nowhere in sight and Wall Street is ready to make money

For people who feel lonely, a trip to the supermarket could help – if only the store provided opportunities to chat at the checkout. A Dutch chain has done just that, and customers and staff love it.

For people who feel lonely, a trip to the supermarket could help – if only the store provided opportunities to chat at the checkout. A Dutch chain has done just that, and customers and staff love it.

We all need a place to go where everyone knows our name, according to Suzanne Degges-White.