Work
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World
China Factory Fire Kills 38
A fire swept through a two-story factory in central China on Monday, killing 38 people in one of the most…
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Business
What Elon Musk Is Doing to Twitter Is What He Did at Tesla and SpaceX
Elon Musk was sleeping at the office. He dismissed employees and executives at will. And he lamented his company was…
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World
Kathy Acker, Drawn to the Margins, Pushed Literature’s Boundaries
EAT YOUR MIND: The Radical Life and Work of Kathy Acker, by Jason McBride Kathy Acker — proto-punk, tough-stemmed flower,…
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US
In Utah, Restoring Spruce Forests One Cone at a Time
ACROSS THE COUNTRY In Utah, Restoring Spruce Forests One Cone at a Time Seasonal workers climb tree after tree to…
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Sports
In Asian Town, some of the workers who built the World Cup gather to watch it.
DOHA, Qatar — On the outskirts of Qatar’s capital and miles away from the stadiums and the sheen of the…
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Sports
Migrants hired to work at the opening match waited all day without food and water.
A group of more than 200 migrant laborers hired to work concession stalls at the Qatar World Cup’s opening game…
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Obituaries
Staughton Lynd, Historian and Activist Turned Labor Lawyer, Dies at 92
Staughton Lynd, a historian and lawyer who over a long and varied career organized schools for Black children in Mississippi,…
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World
As the War Rages, Ukraine Wages a Daunting Battle to Rebuild
KYIV — Ukrainian efforts to stabilize some of the country’s battered electricity supply and make a dent in the seemingly…
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Newyork
A Broadway Star Celebrates a Different Kind of Opening Night
The storefront was lit up like a stage. People passed by, bundled up, peering into the action. Inside, a small…
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Obituaries
Carol Leigh, Who Sought a New View of Prostitution, Dies at 71
Carol Leigh, who sought to change the image and treatment of sex workers — a term she is generally credited…