Amy Goldstein

For my first work at Brookings, I returned to a familiar place. After writing a book, Janesville, as a close-up of the Great Recession's effects, I wanted to see years later what this small Wisconsin city could teach us about America today. Thanks, @FT. ft.com/content/7ee5a314-1aa1…

Personal news: I made a hard decision to leave The Washington Post because this enticing destination was awaiting. Today is my first day. I am so looking forward to what lies ahead.

After 36 years as a Washington Post staff writer, today is my final day at a newspaper I love. I am heading to a terrific new professional destination (details TK). My profound gratitude to Post readers, colleagues and all who have supported me in doing journalism over the years.

I am one of more than 700 Washington Post employees on a one-day strike today in pursuit of fair compensation, seniority protections and buyout terms to stave off layoffs. Please support us by not engaging with the newspaper we love until midnight. bit.ly/postguildsupport

Georgia is tying Medicaid to having a job or other requirements. It might not be the last as Republicans are pressing again for work requirements. wapo.st/42WHuMs

The end of the covid public health emergency is coming next week. Here's what it will mean in practice for coronavirus tests, vaccines, treatment and more. W/ @bylenasun washingtonpost.com/health/20…

Long-covid symptoms are rarer with omicron than with earlier coronavirus variants – and other ways studying nearly 5 million patients, w/ partners @EpicResearchOrg and @KFF, helped us understand who suffers covid-19’s lingering effects. w/ @dtkeating. wapo.st/3LGkUCC

More than half of Americans say some restrictions on normal life still are a good idea to try to curb the pandemic, per Post-ABC poll. Most think the coronavirus is not yet very under control. W/ @EmGusk wapo.st/3tkalKP

In abruptly abandoning his goal of giving Medicare power to negotiate drug prices, Biden's is likely to become the latest of failed federal attempts over the decades to lower what consumers pay for medicine. W/ @ddiamond wapo.st/3Brif76

At hospitals in pandemic hot spots, coronavirus patients are reaching record levels and nurses are in short supply. My story: wapo.st/37Ftblj

Putting on masks, wearing comfy clothing and other pandemic-adaptive cultural shifts may stick around after the coronavirus goes away. W @EmGusk at @PostPolls. wapo.st/3xw1gPf

Jobs went away, poverty rose, health officials urged people to isolate -- but 13 states left in place their work requirements to qualify for welfare. My look at the feeble role TANF played amid the pandemic last year. wapo.st/3jbcaon

Fewer than 1 in 4 unvaccinated U.S. adults say they would be willing to get the Johnson & Johnson covid vaccine, per Washington Post-ABC News poll. Overall public confidence in J&J significantly lower than in Moderna, Pfizer/BioNTech. W @sfcpoll @PostPolls wapo.st/3vkwlVc

As coronavirus vaccine becomes more plentiful, a wrenching debate is playing out in health-care companies and beyond over whether to require workers to get it. Our poll found more than half of health-care workers think it's okay. W @sfcpoll and @EmGusk wapo.st/3wpP6YO

EXCLUSIVE: HHS secretary says in first interview that mass vaccination campaign against the coronavirus must correct disparities by going into farm fields and onto construction sites to "reach people where they are." wapo.st/3reaxbx

Four million Americans could get Medicaid if a dozen states that have not expanded the health-care safety net accepted a new incentive offered in the covid relief law. Meet a few who need insurance in my story. wapo.st/3czBxge

NEW: Few Americans share Trump's view as he is about to leave office that covid is under control in the United States, per Washington Post-ABC News poll. With @EmGusk and @sfcpoll wapo.st/2NihES2