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TALLAHASSEE, Florida — When Rachel started her job as a nurse in the internal medicine unit at Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare last year, it felt like the realization of a dream …
A Hidden System of Exploitation Underpins US Hospitals’ Employment of Foreign Nurses Read More
VC funding in the African startup ecosystem has steadily declined in 2023, causing experts to worry about the future of the once fast-growing sector. With fewer investors willing to bet …
Investors are unsettled as funding is drying up for Africa’s startup ecosystem Read More
Activist gig workers are handing out ballots and campaign materials as part of their delivery runs. The incumbent party has introduced a bill to classify gig workers as employees, stoking …
Argentina’s gig workers are rallying against regulation — and supporting the libertarian candidate Read More
A joint campaign by Amazon and the government to offer struggling families money-saving advice has been slammed by an employee of the tech giant who said its own staff are …
Government slammed over ‘bizarre’ use of Amazon to give fuel poverty advice Read More
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Monday awarded the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, more commonly known as the Nobel Prize in Economics, …
Claudia Goldin wins Nobel Prize in Economics 2023 Read More
Japan’s ministry of health and welfare has called on the public to sleep longer and better after two recent reports determined that Japanese people are not getting enough shut-eye. And …
Japan’s sleep-deprived employees embrace the workplace nap Read More
Pakistan’s mobile assembly industry was poised to take off, but a foreign exchange crisis caused the nascent, import-dependent sector to crash. Only 10.6 million phones have been manufactured so far …
Laid-off workers hesitate to rejoin Pakistan’s yo-yoing phone assembly industry Read More
How a locked door gave a young Verity a momentary release, but left her trapped under a glass ceiling. Vivaldi had four seasons. In Britain we have five: spring, summer, …
The ironic lady Read More
Despite Doon Mackichan’s description of her memoir of a life in show business, My Lady Parts, as a “dry feminist rant” it is rather moist and delicious. Review by Annee …
A call to rage Read More
Katy Wiese argues that the US has pointed the way to an economy that is just and fair to people and nature, and Europe now should go the distance. Feminist …
Green through a feminist lens Read More