New Orleans Just because we’re chasing them, doesn’t mean that payday lenders are on the run, but recently we got a break that could end up as a fatal blow and perhaps stiffen the backbone and open the eyes of those unwilling to confront the predatory practices that define the business model of payday lenders. …
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Is Tech Innovation Good for Workers or Creepy and Exploitative?
Charlotte If you read the daily papers, which god knows I do, one of the current spins focuses on the wild innovations to the workplace and the so-called workers ‘paradise brought to us care of Silicon Valley. Games, toys, endless snacks, perks galore, all bring visions of sugar plums for workers out there in sunny …
Reading the Chief Organizer Reports in Tehran and Around the World
Chicago A little more than a decade ago, Azar Nafisi, an Iranian professor, author, and now ex-patriot, wrote a very enjoyable book called Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books. It was a memoir obviously so it was about her own experiences before, during and after the revolution and what it was like to …