WeWork and the Death of Leisure
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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Ralph Nader: Trump’s Anti-Consumer Agenda Hurts His Voters
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…
Cordray Gives No Signal of Departure Plans as CFPB Finalizes Payday Rule
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…
Actresses—and Millions More Workers—Have No Federal Sexual Harassment Protections
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…
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In the Fight Against Poverty, Work Is Our Most Powerful Weapon
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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N.F.L. Players May Have an Ally in Their Protests: Labor Law
From today’s New York Times by Noam Scheiber:As National Football League team owners consider President Trump’s call to fire players who refuse to stand for the national anthem, they have…
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American households finally earn more than they did in 1999, but poverty and inequality are on the rise
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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Congress Must Act on DACA: The Dreamers Need a Vote, Not Talk
From today’s New York Times by David Leonhardt: Paul Ryan offered some warm words about Dreamers. Marco Rubio went further, distancing himself from President Trump’s new immigration policy by tweeting…
Workplace Culture: In Silicon Valley, Working Nine to Five Is for Losers
From today’s New York Times by Dan Lyons: Silicon Valley prides itself on “thinking different.” So maybe it makes sense that just as a lot of industries have begun paying…
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Head of AFL-CIO explains, “Why I Quit Trump’s Business Council”
From the New York Times “Opinion” Section, August 16, 2017 by Richard Trumka: On Tuesday, President Trump stood in the lobby of his tower on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan and…