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Jerk perks: 5 secret benefits of having a difficult boss
By Robert Half International A difficult relationship with your boss can make every aspect of your work more challenging. It’s a tough situation, but it’s not necessarily a hopeless one. Yes, in cases of true ineptitude or incompatibility, it might … Continue reading
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Tagged boss, business, career, employment, job, leadership, learning, management, Robert Half International, work
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9 Household Items That Could Be Spying on You
By Adam Levin For Americans concerned about their privacy, the NSA data grabs are daunting, but what about the data grabs happening inside your own home, perpetrated not by the government but by your coffee machine? Consider every appliance and … Continue reading
The Pentagon’s Transgender Problem
By Adam Klasfeld and Brett Brownell Ever since she was a boy growing up in small-town Pennsylvania, Zoey Gearhart had “tendencies that were odd.” Raised as Robert Gearhart, she would identify with female characters in books and on TV, in video games and … Continue reading
What other black politicians can learn from Booker’s victory
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Tagged african american, commentary, Cory Booker, Democratic primary, New Jersey, politics, Senate, US Senate
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Did You Know the Deficit Is Shrinking? Most Americans Don’t, Thanks to Shameless Deficit Hawk Propaganda
By Lynn Stuart Parramore Remember all those deficit hawks who screamed that the federal deficit is spiraling out of control and must be stopped with spending cuts that have a funny way of hurting the pocketbooks of the most vulnerable Americans? … Continue reading
Ending Stop-and-Frisk, Keeping the Racism
By Mychal Denzel Smith On Monday, US district court judge Shira Scheindlin dealt a serious, but non-lethal blow to the New York City police policy known as “stop-and-frisk.” After weeks of testimony and evidence presented in the case of Floyd v. City … Continue reading
Rand Paul: ‘I Don’t Think There Is Any Particular Evidence’ Of Black Voters Being Prevented From Voting
By Ian Millhiser Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), a tea party senator with a long history of opposition to civil rights laws, told an audience in Louisville, Kentucky on Wednesday that there is no evidence of black voters being excluded from … Continue reading
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Tagged african american, discrimination, Florida, Rand Paul, Rick Scott, Voter ID laws, voting
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The politics of being friends with white people
By Brittney Cooper A recent Reuters/Ipsos poll, which found that 40 percent of white people and 25 percent of nonwhite people have no friends of the opposite race, caused me to reflect deeply on the friendship segregation that has characterized my own life. … Continue reading →