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We Spent Months With India’s Sugar Cutters. Here’s What We Found.
Indebted workers, facing brutal working conditions, are pushed to get hysterectomies as a treatment for routine...
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Opinion | Are Immigrants the Secret to America’s Economic Success?
Spoiler alert: quite possibly.
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Opinion | The Red-Blue Divide Goes Well Beyond Biden and Trump
Births and deaths are only part of what makes America turn left or right.
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Opinion | What Trump Would Do to Our Economy
While Trump’s economic policy had serious flaws in his first term, the prospect of what he...
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Opinion | The Political Failure of Bidenomics
The divide between classes can’t be healed with economic remedies alone.
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It’s Not Just Wages. Retailers Are Mistreating Workers in a More Insidious Way.
Part-time work has become a trap.
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Opinion | When Your Technical Skills Are Eclipsed, Your Humanity Will Matter More Than Ever
The rise of A.I. will make soft skills even more important.
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Opinion | The Politics of Betrayal Are at Work in Michigan
Union members and Arab voters in the state are crucial to the Democrats’ coalition.
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Trump, Immigration and the Lump of Labor Fallacy
Neither machines nor immigrants take away Americans’ jobs.
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The Soft Landing Is Global, but It’s Cushiest in America
Economies all over the world are lowering inflation while avoiding serious recession — but growth in...
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The Economy Looks Sunny, a Potential Gain for Biden
Recession fears have eased. Growth and job gains are beating expectations. Inflation is cooling. Consumers are...
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Many Older Immigrants in New York Are Struggling: ‘I Have No Future’
Immigrants are the majority of New York City’s 65-and-over population. Many have no nest egg, and...
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Food Delivery Workers, Overlooked in Life, Are Honored in Death
A Facebook page chronicles the deaths of dozens of bike-riding workers who delivered food in New...
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Opinion | A Factory in Maine Proves ‘Made in America’ Is Still Possible
What happened to manufacturing in America is a story we think we know but do not.
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‘There’s No Other Job’: The Colonial Roots of Philippine Poverty
Decades after independence, the Philippines lacks the kind of factory economy that has lifted up other...
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Opinion | Beware Economists Who Won’t Admit They Were Wrong
This isn’t the recession they were looking for.
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Woman Who Threw Food at Chipotle Employee Sentenced to Work Fast-Food Job
A judge reduced Rosemary Hayne’s jail sentence after she agreed to work in a fast-food restaurant...