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In Cutting taxes, the Economic Odds and Historical Experience Are Against Trump

December 22, 2017 Editor

From today’s New York Times: When President Trump adds his distinctive signature to the tax bill, he will also be making a huge bet that the Republican strategy of deep…

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Labor Board Reverses Ruling That Helped Workers Fight Large Chains

December 15, 2017 Editor

From today’s New York Times: The National Labor Relations Board on Thursday overturned a key Obama-era precedent that had given workers significant leverage in challenging companies like fast-food and hotel…

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Women and Power in the Workplace

December 15, 2017 Editor

From today’s New York Times: “Revolution will come in a form we cannot yet imagine,” the critical theorists Fred Moten and Stefano Harney wrote in their 2013 essay “The Undercommons,”…

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Will Robots Take Our Children’s Jobs?

December 12, 2017 Editor

From today’s New York Times: Like a lot of children, my sons, Toby, 7, and Anton, 4, are obsessed with robots. In the children’s books they devour at bedtime, happy,…

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How To Make a Flexible Work Culture Work For All Employees in a Firm

December 9, 2017 Editor

From today’s Forbes: Imagine a work culture in which team members can connect, regardless of where, when and how they work. The traditional workspace is rapidly changing, and today’s businesses…

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Al Franken will resign from Senate after more allegations of sexual improprieties

December 7, 2017 Editor

From today’s LA Times: Al Franken announced Thursday he will resign his Senate seat, falling to a whirlwind of sexual misconduct allegations like those that have enmeshed other politicians, business…

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Should You Share Your Feelings During a Work Conflict? Probably best to avoid it.

December 6, 2017 Editor

From today’s Harvard Business Review: When a disagreement gets heated with a colleague, it’s normal to feel all sorts of emotions: disappointment, anger, frustration. But should you express those emotions?…

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Rep. John Conyers (D-MI) to resign amid many accusations of sexual harassment

December 5, 2017 Editor

From today’s LA Times: Rep. John Conyers Jr. of Michigan, the longest-serving member of the House of Representatives, resigned Tuesday after his support among fellow Democrats collapsed amid accusations of…

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Is it responsible government spending? GOP tax plan gives billions back to billionaires, adds trillions to the deficit

December 4, 2017 Editor

From today’s New York Times: A Republican requirement that Congress consider the full cost of major legislation threatened to derail the party’s $1.5 trillion tax rewrite last week. So lawmakers…

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Trump says Flynn’s actions during presidential transition were lawful

December 2, 2017 Editor

From today’s Reuter’s News Service: U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday that actions by his disgraced former national security adviser Michael Flynn during the presidential transition were lawful and…

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In Cutting taxes, the Economic Odds and Historical Experience Are Against Trump

Labor Board Reverses Ruling That Helped Workers Fight Large Chains

Women and Power in the Workplace

Will Robots Take Our Children’s Jobs?

How To Make a Flexible Work Culture Work For All Employees in a Firm

Al Franken will resign from Senate after more allegations of sexual improprieties

Should You Share Your Feelings During a Work Conflict? Probably best to avoid it.

Rep. John Conyers (D-MI) to resign amid many accusations of sexual harassment

Is it responsible government spending? GOP tax plan gives billions back to billionaires, adds trillions to the deficit

Trump says Flynn’s actions during presidential transition were lawful

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