Federica Cocco

• Business

America’s housing affordability crisis is weighing heavily on the nation’s most sought-after voters in places like Wilmington, N.C., where home prices have risen 65 percent since 2019.

• Department of Data

In 2019, young Americans lagged far behind where their older siblings and parents had been at their age. By 2022, they’d suddenly shot into the lead. What happened?

• The Money War

U.S. sanctions have surged over the last two decades and are now in effect on almost one-third of all nations. But are they doing more harm than we realize?

• Economy

Generation Z is spending more on housing and car insurance than millennials did. They’re also more likely to be in debt, despite higher wages and more jobs.

• Economy

Young home buyers relying on older mortgage co-signers is at an all-time high going back about 30 years. Young homebuyers are also getting down payment help.

• Business

The Baltimore bridge collapse could cost up to $4 billion in insured losses, which would make it the most expensive incident involving a ship collision for insurers in modern history.

• Business

An analysis of the U.S. census data found less than 10 percent of people aged 85 and older live in nursing homes. See what 11 seniors say about where they chose to live as they age.

• By The Way

Ivan Danailov Dimitrov, who carved a love note into a wall of the site, wrote an apology letter to authorities in Rome.

• Economy

Black women are benefiting from a strong labor market that has created some of the most significant opportunities in decades. But the gains are already giving way to signs of weakness.