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Boston Public Doesn’t Add Up
David E. Kelley's latest comedy-drama might do for teachers what ER did for doctors: catapult them to fame without worrying about reality
Issue 2. Work
Children on the Farm
In America, some jobs are less equal than others
A Call for a Better Job
A college student finds that telemarketing is a window to the new economy on the Plains
Left Out
Presidential candidate David McReynolds discusses the Socialist Party's search for legitimacy as well as votes
Love of Labor
For almost 20 years, folk musician Billy Bragg has been an unflinching voice for the working class
The Tradeoff
In today's tight economy, many companies attract workers with on-site cafeterias, health clubs and childcare. Is there any reason to go home?
Statistics: The Force of Work
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The Force of Work
Compiled by Arnold M. Kee Data applies to the United States Participation in workforce Percentage of black men in workforce in [...]
All-American Anarchist
Carlotta Anderson's biography of her grandfather, the anarchist and labor activist Joseph A. Labadie, examines his passions
Ladies of Labor, Girls of Adventure
Nan Enstad's book has invigorated labor history by examining working-class women's uses of popular culture as a resource to construct their identity
What Hard Work Is
A university professor who watched his father sell hotdogs and dodge bowling pins disputes the notion that academics have it hard
Employee Dearest
In today's corporate culture, it's best not to get too attached
The Man Who Wrote the Book
Erik Tarloff's latest novel about work and academia is required reading this fall
Leaving the Online Employer Behind
A technology reporter forgoes free drinks and pool tables for the print media world of non-state-of-the-art computers and old white men
Death and Taxes in a Virtual World
In the virtual environment of Cybertown, social order is maintained by encouraging citizens to talk nice and find jobs
When Work is Life and Life is Work
The author of ''My Job, My Self'' examines what happens when two worlds become one