Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
On Wednesday, October 8th, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the case of Integrity Staffing Solutions v. Busk. The case pits warehouse workers Jesse Busk and Laurie Castro against their former employer. The issue at hand is time: Should minutes spent waiting to be screened at the end of the workday—Integrity manages warehouses that…
Today’s jobs report, while overall very strong, showed a slight tick down in the labor force participation rate, from 62.8% last month to 62.7% this month. It’s now at the lowest rate since 1978. Why the participation rate has fallen so much is one of the most hotly debated questions in economics. On the one…
On Thursday, the parents of Emma Sulkowicz — the Columbia University student who has been carrying her mattress around until her alleged rapist is brought to justice — published an open letter to the school, its president and its board of trustees. “On April 18, 2013, our daughter, Emma Sulkowicz, CC ’15, reported that she was…