UN independent experts expressed concern about the ongoing water shortage in Guadeloupe, a French Caribbean island. They raised concerns over tap water pollution, steep prices and attempts to silence critics, calling the... Read more »
Major US companies have laid off thousands of workers in a bid to improve efficiency and cut costs. Remote workers and middle managers are often more vulnerable to layoffs, experts say. Remote... Read more »
During this blogcast moderated by Seth Harris, Former top Biden White House labor advisor, former Acting U.S. Secretary of Labor, and a Senior Fellow at the Burnes Center for Social Change at... Read more »
Ramsey Solutions host Ken Coleman says employers will need to coach young workers more than in previous years. Videos of Gen Zers and millennials complaining about the traditional 9-5 job have spread... Read more »
Explicit AI-generated material that overwhelmingly harms women and children is booming online at an unprecedented rate, Haleluya Hadero reports for the Associated Press. According to an analysis by independent researcher Genevieve Oh,... Read more »
Counselors and clinicians are calling for a regulatory crackdown on gambling amid a dramatic spike in gambling addiction among young people, Callum Jones reports for The Guardian. Treatment clinics are grappling with... Read more »
Legal experts from Boston University School of Law and Northeastern University intend to study the medical underpinnings of the lung float test, a dubious forensic test that has helped send some women... Read more »
China has agreed to resume cooperation against counternarcotics with the United States, while cracking down on chemicals flowing to clandestine fentanyl labs overseas, but policy experts remain skeptical that China’s pledge will... Read more »
More than half of Medicare beneficiaries are enrolled in Medicare Advantage (MA), and enrollment in MA has steadily grown over the years. But as the MA program draws scrutiny from the federal... Read more »
The Superior Court recently ruled that a plaintiff in a legal malpractice action seeking recovery for damages resulting from his loss of corporate stock may introduce at trial expert testimony concerning the... Read more »