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Employees do want their job to matter, but meaning at work can be hard to find

November 10, 2017 Editor

From today’s Chicago Tribune by Alexia Elejalde-Ruiz: Jennifer Ruiz holds her patient’s trembling hand as she presses a stethoscope to the frail woman’s chest and belly. She compliments the woman…

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House GOP passes bill that rolls back “joint employer” protections for workers

November 9, 2017 Editor

From yesterday’s New York Times by Christine Owens: House Republicans on Tuesday took another step in their campaign to cheat workers out of fair pay and workplace rights. On a…

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Takeaways From Tuesday’s Elections

November 8, 2017 Editor

From today’s New York Times Election Review: By any measure, Tuesday was a big night for Democrats, especially in Virginia, where they swept the top offices, including governor, and made…

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ParadisePapers show Trump Commerce Secretary Has Ties to Putin Cronies

November 6, 2017 Editor

From today’s Slate Magazine by Daniel Politi: Looks like it’s Panama Papers Part Two. The non-profit International Consortium of Investigative Journalists began publishing on Sunday what it is calling the…

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WeWork and the Death of Leisure

October 31, 2017 Editor

From today’s New York Times “Opinion” by Ginia Bellafante This past week, Hudson’s Bay, whose story begins 347 years ago in the fur trade, making it the oldest company in…

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Former Trump campaign aide George Papadopoulos pleads guilty to lying to the FBI agents in Mueller probe

October 31, 2017 Editor

From today’s LA Times Update on #RussiaGate : A former foreign policy advisor to Donald Trump’s presidential campaign has pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about his contacts with…

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Pence casts deciding vote in Senate to deny consumers rights to sue banks

October 26, 2017 Editor

From today’s Washington Post by Ken Sweet: Call it a win for “the swamp.” President Trump and Republicans in Congress handed Wall Street banks a big victory by effectively killing…

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Ralph Nader: Trump’s Anti-Consumer Agenda Hurts His Voters

October 24, 2017 Editor

From today’s New York Times “Opinion” Section by Ralph Nader; As a candidate, Donald Trump promised regular people, “I will be your voice,” and attacked the drug industry for “getting…

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Cordray Gives No Signal of Departure Plans as CFPB Finalizes Payday Rule

October 20, 2017 Editor

From law.com Oct. 5, 20 by C. Ryan Barber: As the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau moved Thursday to impose tighter restrictions on the payday lending industry, one question still looms…

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Actresses—and Millions More Workers—Have No Federal Sexual Harassment Protections

October 19, 2017 Editor

From today’s Nation by Bryce Covert: After the New York Times dropped its bombshell investigation into decades of sexual harassment perpetrated by film producer Harvey Weinstein, and the New Yorker…

Employees do want their job to matter, but meaning at work can be hard to find

House GOP passes bill that rolls back “joint employer” protections for workers

Takeaways From Tuesday’s Elections

ParadisePapers show Trump Commerce Secretary Has Ties to Putin Cronies

WeWork and the Death of Leisure

Former Trump campaign aide George Papadopoulos pleads guilty to lying to the FBI agents in Mueller probe

Pence casts deciding vote in Senate to deny consumers rights to sue banks

Ralph Nader: Trump’s Anti-Consumer Agenda Hurts His Voters

Cordray Gives No Signal of Departure Plans as CFPB Finalizes Payday Rule

Actresses—and Millions More Workers—Have No Federal Sexual Harassment Protections

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