A Jobless Utopia?

DAVID MCDERMOTT HUGHES In 1905 the Spanish writer Vicente Blasco Ibáñez described the horrible conditions of day laborers in the vineyards outside Jerez. Barely paid, almost starving, and sleeping on hay, the day laborers in Blasco Ibáñez’s novel, La Bodega, stumble through life as “cadavers, with twisted spines and dry limbs, deformed...

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An internal Google email shows how the company cracks down on leaks

Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Google is facing a lawsuit in San Francisco Superior Court alleging that the company has fostered a culture of secrecy and fear. Leaks to the media are forbidden, and employees are encouraged to monitor their colleagues for leaks, according to the suit, which was filed in December by...

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POWER POSES ARE NONSENSE

Research shows that, while people feel more in control after a "power pose," there are no significant changes in their overall behavior. WHAT THE MEDIA SAYS In December, Elite Daily touted "seven ways power poses can improve your health and your work life," citing a 2012 TED Talk given by the Harvard University social psychologist Amy Cuddy. The article reached millions of readers online; Good magazine...

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TRANSCRIPT OF NEW ORLEANS MAYOR LANDRIEU’S ADDRESS ON CONFEDERATE MONUMENTS

Just hours before workers removed a statue of Confederate general Robert E. Lee — the fourth Confederate monument to be dismantled in New Orleans in recent weeks — Mayor Mitch Landrieu gave a special address at historic Gallier Hall. Here’s a full transcript of Landrieu’s remarks: Thank you for coming. The soul of our beloved City is deeply rooted in a history that has evolved over thousands of years; rooted...

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