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With just a few weeks left until its grand opening, Precarious Beer Hall is poised to offer a modern take on the standard brewery experience with fresh food, an arcade and more. The brewery and ...

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Precarity has become so commonplace in academe that even some of the tenured have adopted its cruel tactics. There is no other way to explain how those who espouse the most progressive of politics in ...

One wish many workers may have is for more control and predictability of their work schedules. A new report finds that unpredictability is widespread in many workers’ schedules -— one reason why ...

Of the many questions that the Occupy movement faces before its May 1 general strike, the most important may be who exactly will be striking. Due in part to restrictive U.S. strike laws, organized ...

The phone call with a job offer from Chicago City Custodial Services came just days before the La Casa family homeless shelter was going to evict Jennifer Hernandez for failure to find work. For 10 ...

In our January 2014 issue, In These Times explores how life has become increasingly precarious for the many Americans who lack job security — a trend that is the predictable result of the ongoing ...

Approximately 80 miles south of Reno, just inside California’s eastern border with Nevada, three distinct, large rocks sit at the edges of cliffs, looking like they will topple over at any moment.

Ethnographers tell us that, in tribal societies, initiations into manhood are much more common than initiations into womanhood. The transition from girlhood to womanhood is seen as an inevitable ...

A fresh new comedy about starting out, starting over and the enduring love of family. Recently retired Violet is ready to chart a new path forward, but her daughter Tilly and a summer heatwave ...