“Laid-off lawyers, history PhDs, and scientists are now part of a miserable gig economy in which they’re teaching AI how to do their old jobs.”
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Say Goodbye to the Undersea Cable That Made the Global Internet Possible
“History was unmade last year, as engineers began the massive project of ripping the first-ever transoceanic fiber-optic cable from the ocean floor. Just don’t mention sharks.”
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‘Fill It With Reality’
“A girl from my home country told me such upsetting things about her life at her employers’ house that I swore to get to the bottom of it.”
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Welcome Back to the Office. You Won’t Get Anything Done
“Return to office mandates aren’t about output. They’re about asserting control.”
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‘A Moment of Pleasant Indecision’
“A new exhibition focuses on the labor behind the lobsters, caviar, and martinis that helped define early-twentieth-century travel.”
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Inside the Dollar General Workers’ Fight for Safety and Fair Pay
“These Louisianans are organizing to transform the stores their communities rely on.”
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Nike Says Its Factory Workers Earn Nearly Double the Minimum Wage. At This Cambodian Factory, 1% Made That Much.
“Labor advocates have long pushed brands like Nike to pay what’s known as a living wage, calling it a basic human right.”
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The Women Who Made America’s Microchips and the Children Who Paid for It
“America’s first generation of Silicon Valley factory workers endured unsafe manufacturing conditions and never got answers about kids born with birth defects.”
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The Spectacular Burnout of a Solar Panel Salesman
“He thought he’d make millions of dollars selling solar panels door-to-door. The reality was much darker.”