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Workers' Rights in Egypt Stalled Two Years After the Revolution
Hundreds of workers joined unemployed youth, students, and other groups opposed to President Mohamed Morsi's government and marched to commemorate May Day in Cairo Wednesday, calling for minimum-wage reform and the right to unionize. Full story
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What I Leave Out: Confessions of a Resume Liar
I have two resumes. One of them states that I graduated from high school and learned how to drive a truck, work dispatch for deliveries, lead a work crew, and show up places on time. The other reveals that I am a published scholar with a Master’s Degree in philosophy from a prest… Full story
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What the Czech Play That Coined the Term 'Robot' Tells Us About Today's Robonomics
Playwright Karel Capek was going to call the artificial workers in his play "Labori," but his brother suggested “robots,” instead. It’s not surprising then, that the robots in 'Rossum's Universal Robots' feel like a pretty thinly-veiled metaphor. Full story
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I Punched My Boss in the Face
At first the feeling was euphoric. After years of taking crap from a bunch of losers because they were my bosses, I thought I had no other choice. This time I felt like I had finally stood up for myself in a meaningful way. But even before my knuckles healed up I began to think o… Full story
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Smart Drugs and Cybernetics Are Creating a Superhuman Workforce
Imagine becoming superhuman. Or, at the very least, becoming superhumanly good at your job. Imagine a drug that would give you total focus, total composure, genius-level clarity of thought, and the ability to stay up and in the zone for two days straight. Full story
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Progress and Globalization in Bangladesh: The Tazreen Fashions Garment Factory Fire
The garment trade is at the forefront of the kind of industrial revolution that we are experiencing in Bangladesh today, which is why, if from the outside, we look like some Dickensian hellhole of sweatshops and smokestacks, the image is not altogether inapposite. Full story
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Don’t Hate the Player, Hate the Game
In a nation that looks to professional sports for everything that it is missing—heroism, greatness, collective triumph—the spate of labor disputes that continue to rock pro leagues offers some sobering lessons. Full story
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The Crazy, Broke Taxicabs of Dubai
It's a wonder anyone makes enough to live. Many don't. Full story
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The Intern Factory
Looking for college credit? Don't go to Foxconn. Full story
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Hung Like a Gastropod
The Rigors of a Snail-Genital Illustrator 
Austerity's Drug of Choice
Sisa Is Nasty Shit 
This Is What Winning Looks Like
Chaos and Corruption in Afghanistan 
The Fat Farms of Mauritania
Pack on Those Pounds, Ladies 
Jerks Are Exploiting Cambodia's Orphans
Get It Together, People 
