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09/06/11
Labor Day marks the one year anniversary of the publication of The Custom-Fit Workplace . I regret to report that we have not transformed modern work culture...yet! The good news, this Labor Day, is that allBusiness.com , a leading online resource for small business, featured a detailed article...
joan's picture
09/06/11
Traditional canned BBQ fare and potentially hazardous grilled meat can make BBQs feel like a toxic minefield. Luckily, there are plenty of easy ways to keep all of your favorite foods while protecting your health. Marinate Your Meat: The process of grilling meat creates compounds called HCAs, which...
Claire Moshenberg's picture
09/06/11
The “Big Gulp.” Free Refills. 20-ounce single servings. 2 liters for 99 cents. Soda vending machines just about everywhere. During the past 40 years or so we’ve opened the spigot of sugary drinks, roughly doubling our consumption. It shows in our bulging waistlines and widening bottoms, but equally...
Mike Jacobson's picture
09/02/11
Cross-posted from New Deal 2.0 . In the debate over work-life balance, there's one argument we can't seem to move past: Women have made a choice to have kids. Now they have to live with their decision and all of its consequences. But this argument rests on an underlying assumption that, when...
Joan C. Williams's picture
09/02/11
Earlier today, Jamie took to the stage at the One Young World summit in Zurich to give a rare speech. His focus this morning? Global obesity and the urgent need for strategic action in order to educate and empower young people and communities so that they have the knowledge to make better food...
Jamie Oliver's picture
08/30/11
Taking care of my new baby girl Lillian for 10 weeks was a great experience, but it only reinforced my desire to go back to my career. I missed adult interaction and using my skills and talents. While I love my daughter more than anything in the world, I also missed the life I had before she was...
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08/30/11
This Friday, September 2nd, Jamie will make a rare speech at the One Young World summit in Zurich; it will be the first time that he has given a public speech since his acceptance of the prestigious TED Prize in February 2010. As with the TED speech, Jamie is likely to focus his attentions on the...
Jamie Oliver's picture
08/26/11
It has been more than 90 years since women fought their way to suffrage. In that period of time, we’ve experienced the Year of the Woman – when a record number of women ran and/or won congressional races in 1992 – and voter turnout rates for women that have consistently exceeded voter turnout rates...
08/26/11
By Eve Weinbaum and Rachel Roth Today we celebrate the anniversary of female suffrage, a victory that took more than 70 years of political struggle to achieve. After women won the right to vote in 1920, socialist feminist Crystal Eastman observed that suffrage was an important first step but that...
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08/26/11
After a massive roof tarring project in her community made her family sick, Shelby organized her community to demand safer practices and put an end to the pollution. Penelope lost her child due to a very rare condition linked to estrogenic chemicals, but still persevered and created one of the most...

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