They are finding real value in online gold farming. By Andrew Rosati.

In the 29 years that towboat captain Joe Gray has worked flotillas of barges up and down the Ohio River, he has witnessed the decline at the heart of industrial America in what is known as the country's Rust Belt. By Chris Kenning, photography by Brian Snyder.

Finding qualified Army recruits is becoming increasingly difficult. Adam Linehan follows a group of recruiters tasked with enlisting them in the most challenging environment of all.

Laura Kipnis reviews “Be Fierce: Stop Harassment and Take Your Power Back” by Gretchen Carlson.

Harassment and abuse are not always sexual, and all psychological harms should be taken seriously… By Nathan J. Robinson.

BBC Radio 4

Vacuous management-speak is easily laughed off – but is there a real cost to talking rubbish? By André Spicer.

There are numerous examples of a deceitful culture at Uber and more examples keep coming out. By Leonid Bershidsky.

Who delivers Amazon orders? Increasingly, it’s plainclothes contractors with few labor protections, driving their own cars, competing for shifts on the company’s own Uber-like platform. Though it’s deployed in dozens of cities and associated with one of the world’s biggest companies, government agencies and customers alike are nearly oblivious to the program’s existence. By Bryan Menegus.

Want to become a florist in Louisiana? A home-entertainment installer in Connecticut? Or a barber anywhere? You’re going to need a license for that—and it’s going to cost you. By Conor Friedersdorf.

As new ways emerge to assess research, Alex Csiszar recalls how the first one transformed the practice and place of science in society.

As stories about abuse, assault, and complicity come flooding out, how do we think about the culprits in our lives? Including, sometimes, ourselves. By Rebecca Traister.

Anthropologist Christine Walley raises questions about how to create and support meaningful work in a postindustrial world. By Elizabeth Svoboda.

How a transgender Australian found her niche cleaning up after murders, suicides, and unimaginable filth of endless variation. By Sarah Krasnostein.

We do not get our rights because we deserve them, or even because we fight for them – we get our rights because the government needs us. By Shai Shapira.

Too often, employees are put in a quandary when asked to do something that makes them uncomfortable, with no right or wrong answer. Here's how to respond in those situations.

Forced labour persists around the world, particularly for domestic workers

Dear Bubble App Team Members: Good news! In response to your “concerns” about our current open-plan creative campus, we are pleased to announce... By Alex Baia.

Emotional labor is the unpaid job men still don't understand. By Gemma Hartley.

More Ontarians are using temp agencies to find work — and these workers are more likely to get hurt on the job. A Toronto Star undercover investigation. By Sara Mojtehedzadeh, Brendan Kennedy. (Sept. 8, 2017)