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Thursday, May 2, 2013 6:25 PM UTC 180Social Pacific Standard, millennials
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Sheryl Sandberg's advice is well-intentioned, but it doesn't apply to older women who wish to reenter the workforce
Saturday, Mar 23, 2013 3:00 PM UTC 51Life Feministing, Feminism
Karl Marx and the semantics of a “post-work left”
Conservatives like Ross Douthat disregard the free, productive activity that is lacking in capitalism's wage labor
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Work becomes more like prison
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I worked hard for no pay — and I dug it
When I lived on a commune, I learned that some kinds of labor yield their own, non-monetary rewards
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All work and no play — or you’re fired!
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I’m going crazy in my job
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Thursday, Oct 4, 2012 4:00 PM UTCPolitics Wal-Mart, The Labor Movement
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Many view it as a virtue, or even a joke, but a spate of recent studies suggest it should be taken seriously
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