Work
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Magazine
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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News
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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News
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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Business
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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Business
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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News
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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News
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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US
Los Angeles Schools and 30,000 Workers Reach Tentative Deal After Strike
The three-day walkout included Los Angeles Unified School District teachers, gardeners, bus drivers, cafeteria workers and special education assistants.
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Politics
Amazon Plans to Lay Off Another 9,000 Employees
The cuts follow another round of layoffs affecting more than 18,000 jobs announced several months ago.
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News
Finding a Voice (and Bodies) for an Untold South African Story
In “Broken Chord,” the choreographer Gregory Maqoma and the composer Thuthuka Sibisi consider the journey of a South African choir…