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Confessions of an Overeducated A/C Man
There is a specter haunting Middle America—the specter of higher education. By Albert Morgan.
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Brokers who recruit foreign workers to U.S. exploit vulnerabilities
Court cases show how middlemen take advantage of shortcomings in U.S. visa programs, compounding abuses foreign workers face even before they arrive in America. By Megan Twohey, Mica Rosenberg and Ryan McNeill. (Feb. 19)
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The Throwaways: How Detroit is becoming a flashpoint for violence against trans women
A deep-dive into the stigma and prejudice keeping many trans women in a cycle of poverty and violence. By Allie Gross.
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MFA vs. CIA
A writer considers an alternate life as an undercover agent. By Jennifer duBois.
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The Deactivation of the American Worker
From factories to cubicles to open offices to Slack channels. By Carter Maness.
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Early in the Mornin’
Recorded at Parchman Farm, Mississippi State Penitentiary by Alan Lomax c. 1947-1948
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The 6 Most Unique Co-Working Spaces in the World
Why work in a coffee shop when you can freelance while traveling the world?
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Recycling People
How do we recycle the people whose careers technology displaces?
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How To Tell When Someone Is Lying On A Resume
Over the past two weeks, all of these things have happened to me: A hiring manager told me that occasionally he gets people who look great on paper, interview well, yet cannot do the work at all. He wanted a waiver on his contract, that if the person is let go within two weeks, they...
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Secrets of a Secret Agent
Jason Matthews was a CIA spy for more than 30 years during the height of the Cold War, from Asia to the Caribbean to the Soviet Union. Now he's got a new assignment: writing deadly accurate thrillers. By Josh Eells.
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The Rest Is Advertising
Confessions of a sponsored content writer. By Jacob Silverman.
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Is Prostitution Just Another Job?
Many sex workers think their work should be as legal as accounting. And American society is closer than ever to agreeing with them. By Mac McClelland.
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Spun
The sweet, sad song of a wild child and a forgotten samurai who lost themselves, found each other, got better, got worse, rescued a neighborhood, saved the girl who wouldn’t smile—and finally found peace. By Steve Friedman. (May ’15)
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Winter in the Hamptons: food pantries, poverty and homelessness
The seaside towns at the east end of Long Island, New York, are playgrounds for the rich in summer, but off-season life for permanent residents can be a struggle. By Rupert Neate.
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5 Practical Reasons Why You Should Sign Up For Work At Home Jobs
Finding a job and keeping it isn’t easy. Thus, I am urged to convince you to sign up for work at home jobs due to five simple but practical reasons.
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With ‘Gigs’ Instead of Jobs, Workers Bear New Burdens
Employment growth in the past decade has been in contract and temporary jobs. As a result, employers have shifted much of the burden of providing social insurance onto workers.
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Before You Judge Lazy Workers, Consider They Might Serve A Purpose
Most people have a colleague or two who don't seem to do much work at work. They're in the break room watching March Madness, or they disappear for a two-hour coffee break. For Allison Lamb, that person is her cubicle mate. Lamb is a statistical clerk for a company in Fishers, Ind., who says she likes her job and has a good work ethic. So it irritates her to see her cubicle mate ignoring her duties, disappearing with her friends and keeping...
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Will minimum wage hikes lead to a huge boost in automation? Only if we're lucky.
As states like California and cities like Seattle boost their minimum wages up to $15 an hour, critics warn that job losses will be inevitable. In particular, one major line of criticism from outlets like the Wall Street Journal editorial page and Forbes's Tim Worstall is that big increases in pay floors only lead to job loss via automation. Both critics point to initiatives at McDonald's and Wendy's to automate more of the service process, and warn that robots, rather than workers...
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Why are theoreticians filled with wanderlust?
A large tin holding dozens of keys sits in the office of the [CERN] Theory Secretariat. Each one unlocks a stay on a Theory corridor. Nanie Perrin hands them out, and collects them back, in a constant game of musical chairs - or rather, musical offices. On the Secretariat’s board (the only whiteboard in the corridor), departures are listed in red, arrivals in green.. By Corinne Pralavorio.
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Why Are Voters Angry? It’s the 1099 Economy, Stupid
But none of the presidential candidates is offering a solution for the growing millions of independent contractors without social safety nets. By David Dayen.
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