Human Rights
When Men Ally With Women
Misperception of men’s private beliefs about gender bias can undermine their willingness to speak up against it.
Tag: Labor
Environment
The Tree Army
Gone West hires unemployed young adults to plant trees, turning reforestation into a profitable business.
Advocacy
The Power of Collective Bargaining
Union rights organization Jobs With Justice relies on its extensive nationwide network to advocate for economic and social justice for workers.
Business
Precarious Scheduling in the Service Sector
Racial inequality exacerbates the oppressive scheduling faced by service sector workers.
Review
Technology
The Technology Treadmill
Peter Gluckman and Mark Hanson’s Ingenious applies concepts and metaphors from evolutionary biology to explain the impact of technological innovation on human life. A book review from the Spring 2020 issue.
Review
Technology
History’s Tech Lessons
Economist Carl Benedikt Frey offers a refreshingly human-centered analysis of technological progress in The Technology Trap: Capital, Labor, and Power in the Age of Automation. A book review from the Fall 2019 issue.
Social Enterprise
The Many Roads to Revenue Generation
Nonprofits that wish to integrate revenue-generating activities into their operations must think strategically about who will benefit from them and how they will further their social mission. A feature story from the Fall 2019 issue.
Health
Pay, Productivity, and Depression
Performance-based pay forces many employees to choose between leaving or suffering mental illness. A research report from the Summer 2019 issue.
Business
Living on the Edge
It’s time for socially responsible business leaders to pay higher wages and offer better benefits.
Business
The Cost of Financial Precarity
Anxiety about debt and financial stability can severely reduce the productivity and health of employees, which can hurt a company’s bottom line. Businesses, government, and philanthropic organizations should embrace the case for improving the financial well-being of workers.