Often, even with unions, one of the only ways to see real improvements in workplace conditions, especially health and safety, is in response to a disaster. For example, maybe the candle factory in Ken
Whether you think automation is a serious issue for the future of work may depend on your prior perspective about the history of this issue. Many economists, Dean Baker among them, note that previous
I thought about delaying this given the horrifying news this evening. But we need a distraction. Or at least I do. I’ve been watching the second season of The Taco Chronicles on Netflix. It̵
We are now evidently at Peak Fast Food Discourse, with major magazines running pieces on the rivalry between fast food chicken sandwiches. During the throes of #popeyesgate, I found myself surprisingl
One of the biggest problems workers face is that employers can fire them for any reason. This should not exist. Of course, this is at the center of why every worker should have a union. Capricious emp
Donald Trump evidently thinks his favorite food is the same of Clemson’s football team–cold Wendy’s burgers and fries. POTUS with “great American food” for Clemson Tigers visitin
Not sure if this isn’t reading too much into the whole thing, but this is at the very least an interesting and somewhat provocative essay on fast food nostalgia, culminating in Donald Trump̵
This is the grave of J.R. Simplot. Born in 1909 in Dubuque, Iowa, the next year his family migrated west to Idaho, to homestead a farm in the Magic Valley, which frankly isn’t all that magical.