Work
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News
Elon, the Mosh Pit Called. It Wants ‘Hard Core’ Back.
Have you ever gotten an email at midnight from the boss with an ominous subject line like “a fork in…
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News
A Different Kind of Kitchen-Table Economics
I’m writing this newsletter the way I do most of my writing, at home on a laptop (mounted on a…
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News
Why Are Momfluencers So Good at Worming Their Way Into Your Brain?
In some ways, the internet has been incredible for mothers. Spaces online have provided solace and connection and allowed some…
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Politics
As Elon Musk Cuts Costs at Twitter, Some Bills Are Going Unpaid
SAN FRANCISCO — Before Elon Musk bought Twitter last month, the company’s executives had racked up hundreds of thousands of…
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World
China Factory Fire Kills 38
A fire swept through a two-story factory in central China on Monday, killing 38 people in one of the most…
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Business
What Elon Musk Is Doing to Twitter Is What He Did at Tesla and SpaceX
Elon Musk was sleeping at the office. He dismissed employees and executives at will. And he lamented his company was…
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News
Kathy Acker, Drawn to the Margins, Pushed Literature’s Boundaries
EAT YOUR MIND: The Radical Life and Work of Kathy Acker, by Jason McBride Kathy Acker — proto-punk, tough-stemmed flower,…
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US
In Utah, Restoring Spruce Forests One Cone at a Time
ACROSS THE COUNTRY In Utah, Restoring Spruce Forests One Cone at a Time Seasonal workers climb tree after tree to…
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Sports
In Asian Town, some of the workers who built the World Cup gather to watch it.
DOHA, Qatar — On the outskirts of Qatar’s capital and miles away from the stadiums and the sheen of the…
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Sports
Migrants hired to work at the opening match waited all day without food and water.
A group of more than 200 migrant laborers hired to work concession stalls at the Qatar World Cup’s opening game…