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Labor September 7, 2016
Teachers Are Working for Uber Just to Keep a Foothold in the Middle Class
For the ride-share company, teacher/drivers are both a marketing coup and an exploitable labor force.
Alissa Quart
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Feminism April 30, 2014
Who Takes Care of the Nanny’s Kids?
When only US wages can support families in the Global South, parents and children divide to survive.
Alissa Quart
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Activism August 12, 2013
Occupy Bank Cards!
A band of finance wizards take on the system they now say is corrupt.
Alissa Quart
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Fiction May 8, 2013
Adventures in Neurohumanities
Applying neuroscience to the study of literature is fashionable. But is it the best way to read a novel?
Alissa Quart
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Politics June 10, 2002
Classroom Consciousness
In mid-December, 2,500 teenagers walked out of their Philadelphia public high school classrooms and into the city's intersections.
Alissa Quart
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Film March 15, 2001