Work
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News
Are French People Just Lazy?
France has been gripped recently by a wave of strikes and demonstrations — protesters old and young, rural and urban,…
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News
Is ‘Workism’ Dooming Civilization? Notes on the New Pew Parents Study.
This week the Pew Research Center released a study looking at the attitudes of contemporary American parents toward their own…
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World
Farmworker Describes Coming Face to Face With Half Moon Bay Gunman
A man walked in and fatally shot Marciano Martinez, but spared his co-worker. Two other farmworkers, a husband and wife,…
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World
When a Spice Girl Met a Contemporary Dancer
Melanie Chisholm has collaborated with the choreographer Jules Cunningham on “How Did We Get Here?,” a dance piece exploring what…
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News
Myrtle Witbooi, Who Fought for Domestic Workers’ Rights, Dies at 75
A former domestic servant, she experienced the inequities of the job firsthand and helped build national and international unions to…
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Arts
An Artist Who Blends Secular and Sacred (With Sequins)
The scene was a vibrant pastorale, rendered in thousands of shimmering sequins and beads that filled a nine-foot-wide canvas with…
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Arts
Baltimore Museum of Art Taps Its Chief Curator as Its Next Director
Asma Naeem, raised in Baltimore, will lead the city’s pre-eminent art museum as it faces unionization and equity efforts.
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Health
Long Covid Is Keeping Significant Numbers of People Out of Work, Study Finds
An analysis of workers’ compensation claims in New York found that 71 percent of claimants with long Covid needed continuing…
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Arts
6 Podcasts to Help Navigate Your Career Path
Check out these shows whether you’re looking to start a business, pivot to a new industry or just better handle…
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World
For British Farmers, the Effects of Brexit Have Become Clearer
In the years since Britain voted to quit the E.U., many Eastern Europeans have left the country, adding to a…