Philosophy
fromLondon On The Inside
1 week agoAnd We Thought a 9 to 5 Was Bad...
The modern weekend depends on shared time off, and its value is threatened by rising busyness and blurred boundaries between work and leisure.
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Women in technology
fromLos Angeles Times
2 months agoCesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta started a revolution whose history is being rewritten by scandal
Dolores Huerta's recent allegations against César Chávez reveal a darker side of the United Farm Workers' history and prompt a reassessment of his legacy.
fromHoodline
3 months agoRose Freedman, Last Triangle Fire Survivor, Dies at 107
Then known as Rose Rosenfeld, Freedman was two days short of her 18th birthday when the fire erupted. She escaped by trailing company executives up to the 10th-floor roof, where firefighters pulled survivors to safety, according to The New York Times. In later years, she described turning down what she said were efforts by the factory's owners to pay for her silence, choosing instead to become a lifelong witness to what happened inside those upper floors.
History
fromCornell Chronicle
5 months agoNick Salvatore, 'one of our foremost historians,' dies at 82 | Cornell Chronicle
Salvatore taught at the ILR School and in the American Studies Program in the College of Arts and Sciences for 36 years, retiring in 2017 as the Maurice and Hinda Neufeld Founders Emeritus Professor of Industrial and Labor Relations. The author of three books, including " Eugene V. Debs: Citizen and Socialist " (1982), which received both the Bancroft Prize and the John H. Dunning Prize.
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