#LABOR

Leighton Akira Woodhouse

lwoodhouse

In the '90s, Deval Patrick was a civil rights attorney. He was appointed by a judge to a committee overseeing Texaco's employment practices following a $176M racial discrimination lawsuit. Then

Aisha Fayyazi Sarwari

AishaFSarwari

Calling on experts to help with these recommendations to end domestic violence during the Covid19 lockdownhttps://youtu.be/pECrqLe9bEw Covid19 has identified that the home is the most dangerous place for most women.

Curt (Libertarian)

checkmatestate

WHY CAPITALISM IS BETTER THAN SOCIALISM (thread)Many socialists characterize anti-socialists as reactionaries who are fooled by billionaire propaganda into rejecting policies that would help them or that we don't know

Kate Bahn

LipstickEcon

I just got actively angry pondering how poorly enforced labor protections are in this country, and likely worse in this pandemic recession. Wage theft is old news, but it gets

insulin should be free 🚀

girlziplocked

If you were raised comfortably in the middle or upper classes, I can guarantee that you've rejected a ton of potential friendships with incredible people who you perceived as "less

Jared Yates Sexton

JYSexton

There’s no “YOLO Economy” and people aren’t lazy.You so thoroughly monopolized your markets, perfected exploitation, and cruelly oppressed people that they can’t afford life anymore and are forced to either

Erik Loomis

ErikLoomis

This Day in Labor History: November 13, 1970. Jeon Tae-Il, a Korean sweatshop worker, burned himself to death in protest over the sweatshop conditions of he and his fellow workers.

woke capital investment advisor machine

golikehellmachi

call centers and restaurants are the two industries i'm seeing doing most of the complaining about not being able to hire, and having worked a long time in both, let

David Dayen

ddayen

Reading the left-wing coverage of the end of the Democratic primary, you wouldn't know that the no-strings bailout of the largest corporations in America happened 3 weeks ago. It doesn't

David, Antifa Supersoldier

Dave0fReckoning

(1/?) Apparently #Grant is trending right now because of a History Channel exclusive. Just thought I'd drop in my nerd-historian perspective on Grant, because he was truly one of our

Eric Roseman

EricMRoseman

Working for a real estate developer at a time like this gives you some pretty incredible insights into the global economy 1/ Getting a sense for material shipments. What's delayed.

Lucia A. Walinchus

SoSaysLucia

Thoughts on reading @CCriadoPerez’s book, Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men—1. This is one of the best books I have ever read! I highly recommend it

n*gger chaos

ccoloredgreenss

i realized that i was reading so much my sophomore/junior of college (2016-2017) and suddenly i stopped and i couldn’t remember why. then i remembered it was cause i sold

Kathryn Anne Edwards

keds_economist

I've seen a few articles recently in which employers say they cannot find workers, and they assign blame to unemployment benefits being too generous. This is one of the most

Brad Shapiro

btshapir

And now, as promised, a thread on my new *working* paper (feedback welcome): “Promoting Wellness or Waste? Evidence from Antidepressant Advertising” (link) 1/22https://papers.ssrn.com/abstract=3130327 DTCA is controversial. Opposition h

Pedro L. Gonzalez

emeriticus

My white working-class neighbors are hanging on by a thread. Yet some still have Trump flags on their houses, despite the fact they're ignored by Trump, the GOP, and DHS