Everyone’s focused on jobs right now. But is the whole idea of a job passé? Not to most people — especially those who don’t have one. But “media theorist” Douglas Rushkoff thinks so. In this interview with the Wall Street Journal, he sets out his vision of what sounds like an economy based on subsistence
Continue reading …It’s hardly news that Americans are concerned about the economy. But are they mainly worried about the bleak economic situation in general — things like slow GDP growth, market turmoil, and the weak housing sector — or about the narrower issue of unemployment? Lately, it looks like the latter. Gallup asks people every month what
Continue reading …It’s hardly news that Americans are concerned about the economy. But are they mainly worried about the bleak economic situation in general — things like slow GDP growth, market turmoil, and the weak housing sector — or about the narrower issue of unemployment? Lately, it looks like the latter. Gallup asks people every month what
Continue reading …Judge Deborah Hawkins Crooks sentenced nine Amish men on Monday to up to 10 days in jail after they refused to pay fines for not putting an orange reflective triangle on the back of their horse-drawn buggies. The men, who belong to the ultra-conservative Old Order Swartzentruber group, said that using the orange triangle violated
Continue reading …Judge Deborah Hawkins Crooks sentenced nine Amish men on Monday to up to 10 days in jail after they refused to pay fines for not putting an orange reflective triangle on the back of their horse-drawn buggies. The men, who belong to the ultra-conservative Old Order Swartzentruber group, said that using the orange triangle violated
Continue reading …As recently as last March, the FBI taught its agents that mainstream Muslims are likely to be violent and radical, according to training materials obtained by Wired’s Spencer Ackerman. The training materials portray “the Islamic practice of giving charity as no more than a ‘funding mechanism for combat,’” and feature a chart that shows that
Continue reading …As recently as last March, the FBI taught its agents that mainstream Muslims are likely to be violent and radical, according to training materials obtained by Wired’s Spencer Ackerman. The training materials portray “the Islamic practice of giving charity as no more than a ‘funding mechanism for combat,’” and feature a chart that shows that
Continue reading …We’ve been hearing a lot lately about America’s struggles: rising joblessness, increasing poverty, growing inequality, and an education system that’s falling behind those of other developed countries. But it’s worth keeping in mind that even as things seems to get worse by some measures, they’re getting by others. And perhaps the most obvious area for
Continue reading …We’ve been hearing a lot lately about America’s struggles: rising joblessness, increasing poverty, growing inequality, and an education system that’s falling behind those of other developed countries. But it’s worth keeping in mind that even as things seems to get worse by some measures, they’re getting by others. And perhaps the most obvious area for
Continue reading …American high school students turned out the worst SAT reading scores on record last school year, while math and writing scores also dropped slightly compared to the previous year. The class of 2011′s combined average score was 1500, six points below last year’s. But both the College Board and Education Secretary Arne Duncan are taking
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