Business analyst Francis Evans once studied insurance salesmen to find out what made them successful Surprisingly competence wasn rsquo t the key factor Instead Evens found customers were more likely to buy from salesmen with the same politics education and even height as them Academics call this homophily the tendency to prefer people like us Homophily is at work in other areas of life too with us tending to marry and befriend people similar to us While natural homophily can be destructive when left unchecked When we only prefer ldquo our kind rdquo of people society can fracture along racial [... more]

Hosted by Jane Pauley In our cover story David Pogue looks at what makes a great love song Plus Martha Teichner visits Dog Mountain in Vermont where dog lovers honor the pets they have loved and lost Jonathan Vigliotti sits down with Nick and Vanessa Lachey hosts of the hit matchmaking series Love Is Blind David Martin examines the long march toward racial equality in the U S military Rita Braver interviews David Hogg five years after surviving the Parkland school shooting Mo Rocca looks back at the music of Burt Bacharach and Faith Salie partakes of the history of [... more]

For the first time since they got married -- years ago -- Matthew Broderick and Sarah Jessica Parker are returning to the Broadway stage TOGETHER in Neil Simon's Plaza Suite They talk to Jane Pauley about their chemistry on and off the stage CBS News Contributor David Pogue offers advice on maintaining productivity and social relationships while observing social-distancing protocols The th-century Hungarian doctor determined that proper hand hygiene could make all the difference between life and death and his ideas were rejected Lee Cowan reports New unemployment claims for the most recent measured week totaled million Facing an unprecedented [... more]

Dr Jon LaPook tells us the part we must all play to reduce our exposure to the virus and minimize its spread to others The COVID- pandemic has created tremendous economic uncertainty CBS News business analyst Jill Schlesinger talks with Michael Goodman president of the investment management firm Wealthstream Advisors about how people should strategize when considering dipping into their retirement savings While stress and anxiety can drive us to take healthy precautions in trying circumstances -- like a pandemic -- our irrational fear can become dangerous when it goes off the rails David Pogue talks to psychologists and researchers [... more]