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The President's Budget Reveals the Real Priority: Tax Hikes Mar. 16, 2023
Budgets are about priorities. In the Biden administration's new budget, its apparent priorities are ... Read More
Get Ready for Roving Bands of Book-Banners Coming to Your Town Mar. 15, 2023
Not so long ago, book burnings were considered a festive group activity by assorted right-wing zealo... Read More
Child Labor Investigation Reveals Immigration Policy Changes We Need Now Mar. 13, 2023
Rights & Resistance with the ACLU
Children across the nation are working in dangerous, sometimes lethal jobs in American factories, fa... Read More
How to Guarantee a Train Wreck Mar. 01, 2023
Stuff happens, right? I mean, who could've thought that in these modern times of digital monitoring ... Read More
The Simple Solution to the Coming Demographic Challenge Feb. 23, 2023
Newspapers have been reporting on the demographic challenges in Asian nations like China, Japan and ... Read More
How Inequality Happens Jan. 25, 2023
I don't usually cover hard-luck sob stories, but this one... well, it is so deeply touching you migh... Read More
If You're 'Not Woke,' Doesn't That Mean You're Asleep? Dec. 28, 2022
The craziest political word of the year is "woke," as in "Don't be woke!" It's a command barked by f... Read More
Will This Year's Lame-Duck Session Bring Back a Bad Idea? Dec. 01, 2022
Democrats have lost the House of Representatives and, along with it, the chance to pass more of thei... Read More
Giving Thanks for Low-Skilled Workers Nov. 24, 2022
On Thanksgiving we rightly give thanks. And let's be clear that, amid all the turmoil that consumes ... Read More
A 'Locally Grown' Thanksgiving Nov. 02, 2022
Harry Truman said: "No man should be president who doesn't understand hogs." The problem with our re... Read More
Are You Ready for Corporate America's Robot Economy? Oct. 26, 2022
With corporations socking away massive profits, and with the labor market fairly tight, why are work... Read More
You're Not Just an Employee. You're Inventory. Oct. 20, 2022
Does your boss like you? Do they smile when they see you strolling in the front door, even though y... Read More
Old and Quiet Sep. 09, 2022
Thirty years ago, I interviewed a former factory owner who was pushing 80. I was working for a midsi... Read More
Confused By Workers Quitting? Sep. 07, 2022
For more than a year, America's corporate chieftains have been moaning about the "Great Resignation"... Read More
Work, Sweat, Die: The Price of Really Hot Jobs Aug. 31, 2022
Here's a hot topic for Labor Day: heat. It's been a hell of a hot summer, exploding the top off ther... Read More
Why Should Work Be Life-Sucking? Aug. 10, 2022
"Work your fingers to the bone — whadda ya get? Boney Fingers." This 1960s folk song mocking t... Read More
Work Now, Get Paid Never Jun. 30, 2022
It's a law of nature. Seven interviews make one weak. But if you think that surviving seven intervi... Read More
Expecting a Salary Bump? You'll Need It! May. 05, 2022
Missing your daily commute? I have good news. Commuting is back — more annoying and more expe... Read More
Virtual Job Interview? Do the Dazzle! Feb. 17, 2022
"Winners never quit and quitters never win." That's what we used to say. Now we say, "winners neve... Read More
Whyever Wouldn't You Work Wherever? Feb. 10, 2022
Go on! Turn your mind back two years. Back before COVID-19. Back when you worked in an office and at... Read More
