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In the Fight Against Poverty, Work Is Our Most Powerful Weapon

October 16, 2017 Editor

From today’s Harvard Business Review by Leila Janah: Fourteen years ago, I left suburban Los Angeles to teach English in rural Ghana. I’d expected, like so many young people with…

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American households finally earn more than they did in 1999, but poverty and inequality are on the rise

September 12, 2017 Editor

From today’s Los Angeles Times “Business” section by Don Lee: After a long period of plodding economic growth, significant earnings gains over the past two years have finally enabled the…

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How the wealth gap between restaurant goers and their servers is widening

August 22, 2017 Editor

From The Guardian, August 20, 2017 by Jill Cowan: Andrea Gillette lined up the bottles of fruit-flavored cocktails behind the bar. The guy who leans a ladder against the big…

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Class Actions Lawsuits by Women Could Fight Discrimination in Tech Industry

August 8, 2017 Editor

From today’s New York Times “Opinion” Section by Anita Hill: The recent leak of a Google engineer’s screed against the company’s diversity initiatives is a reminder that the notion of…

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In Sweltering South, Climate Change Is Now a Workplace Hazard

August 3, 2017 Editor

From today’s New York Times by Yamiche Alcindor GALVESTON, Tex. — Adolfo Guerra, a landscaper in this port city on the Gulf of Mexico, remembers panicking as his co-worker vomited…

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DOJ Says Title VII Law Doesn’t Protect LGBTQ Employees From Discrimination

July 27, 2017 Editor

From today’s New York Times by Alan Feuer The Justice Department has filed court papers arguing that a major federal civil rights law does not protect employees from discrimination based…

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A Better Deal for American Workers

July 24, 2017 Editor

From today’s New York Times by Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY): Americans are clamoring for bold changes to our politics and our economy. They feel, rightfully, that both systems are rigged…

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Gamers vs. Gainful Employment: Young Men Are Choosing Leisure Over Labor

July 3, 2017 Editor

A noticeable trend has emerged in the last decade: younger men are staying out of the labor force for longer periods of time or altogether. The cause? Economists increasingly focus…

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Robocalypse Now? Central Bankers Argue Whether Automation Will Kill Jobs

June 29, 2017 Editor

From today’s New York Times by Jack Ewing: SINTRA, Portugal — The rise of robots has long been a topic for sci-fi best sellers and video games and, as of…

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Is the Gig Economy Working?—For Some, But Not For Most Workers

May 20, 2017 Editor

From this month’s The New Yorker magazine by Nathan Heller: The American workplace is both a seat of national identity and a site of chronic upheaval and shame. The industry…