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The $15 minimum wage a step in the right direction for the future of American work

Americans are distinguished by, if nothing else, our approach to work. Nobody is more work-obsessed than us. We work more…

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The Week in Viewpoints

This week is dedicated to the one, the only, Coronavirus: show-stealer of 2020 and still playing sold-out houses until, likely,…

Calls for unity fall on deaf ears in an increasingly fractured country

We are in the midst of the first 100 days of a new presidency, and as usual that means sophistic…

The biggest issue in science, and what young scientists can do about it

Ever since we were all kids, starting about the fourth grade, we had to relearn a simple process every time…

The Week in Viewpoints

This week in Viewpoints I wanted to focus on language, specifically how language can make a difference in our everyday…