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How Janelle Jones’s Story About Black Women and the Economy Caught On

The first Black woman to serve as chief economist at the Labor Department advanced the idea that lifting up people…

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Canada’s Federal Workers Strike, Disrupting Government Services

The largest public sector union in Canada went on strike on Wednesday over wages and return to office rules, causing…

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California Has So Many Potholes, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Bikers Are Trying to Fill Them

A torrent of winter storms left an overwhelming number of potholes across the state, and road crews are struggling to…

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When Your Boss Is an App

Listen to This Article Audio Recording by AudmBrenda Handy started doing temp work nearly 40 years ago. Back then, landing…

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R.I.P., W.F.H.? Not So Fast.

When the Covid-19 pandemic shut down the U.S. economy three years ago, workers and their employers adjusted astonishingly well to…

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The Voices of Unsung Black Poets, Revived and Amplified

“Minor Notes, Volume 1” is the first book in a series meant to recover writers from deep pockets of American…

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A.I. Is Coming for Lawyers, Again

Previous advances in A.I. inspired predictions that the law was the lucrative profession most likely to suffer job losses. It…

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It’s Work, Not Junior High

Send questions about the office, money, careers and work-life balance to [email protected]. Include your name and location, or a request…

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Michael Blackwood, Who Captured 20th-Century Artists on Film, Dies at 88

He made cinéma vérité movies — 160 in all — about musicians (Thelonious Monk), architects (Frank Gehry), composers (Philip Glass)…

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The Dangerous Race to Put More Children to Work

In February, the Department of Labor announced that it had discovered 102 teenagers working in hazardous conditions for a company…

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