Are digital tools a way for companies to retain hourly workers?
WorkJam, an online platform that was founded in 2014, has tried to be at the forefront of this shift. It provides clients ...
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Companies keep selling harmful products – but history shows consumers can win in the end
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Jonathan D. Quick, Duke University and Eszter Rimanyi, Duke University (THE ...
Duty Calls: Rensselaer, Albany County veterans honored as heroes
The Rev. Francis A. Kelley Military Honor Society of the Capital District will honor and induct heroes from Rensselaer County ...
How the Taliban’s new ‘vice and virtue’ law erases women by justifying violence against them
Women, simultaneously, have no means of seeking justice. The Taliban have abolished the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission. The commission investigated and reported about alleged ...
Trump and Harris have clashing records on clean energy, but the clean power shift is too broad for any president to control
(THE CONVERSATION) Although Vice President Kamala Harris touts clean energy and Donald Trump makes misleading assertions and false claims about it, neither candidate has set forth a comprehensive ...
Is it bad to listen to music all the time? Here’s how tunes can help or harm
Whether listening through speakers, headphones or earbuds, too high a volume can damage your hearing. It’s known as noise-induced hearing loss, and it happens more often than you might think – those ...
In storms like Hurricane Helene, flooded industrial sites and toxic chemical releases are a silent and growing threat
Florida officials reported that a retired nuclear power plant just south of Cedar Key experienced a storm surge of as much as 12 feet that inundated buildings and an industrial wastewater pond. Spent ...
Voters without kids are in the political spotlight – but they’re not all the same
Politicians and others often use the word “childless” as an umbrella term for people who do not have children. But as social scientists who study people without children, we know that this doesn’t ...
Why trying to protect freedom may work better than campaigning to protect democracy
As scholars of citizens’ commitment to democracy, we see a few reasons that promoting freedom might be a more effective campaign message than protecting democracy. One is that our research and others’ ...
No arrests in South Africa mass shootings as death toll rises to 18
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — One more person has died from mass shootings at two houses on the same street in a South African village ...
Savory-sweet soy basting sauce transforms ground chicken into izakaya-style meatballs
Japanese chicken meatballs, called tsukune, are a standard offering in pub-like izakayas and restaurants specializing in ...
Alexandra Popp to retire from Germany women's national soccer team
WOLFSBURG, Germany (AP) — Alexandra Popp is retiring from the German women's national soccer team next month after a career ...