Ann Larson
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What Working in a Grocery Store Taught Me About American Inequality Original
Cindy had been bagging groceries for nine years when I became her colleague at a grocery store in Utah. My coworkers agreed to speak with me about their experiences, so long as they remained anonymous. Cindy is in her late 70s. When we worked together, she distributed candy and stickers to the children who came through her line and wowed shoppers with her ability to lift 12 packs of soda and 20 lb. bags of kitty litter into carts. Cindy was also a gifted storyteller.
What Working in a Grocery Store Taught Me About American Inequality
18 hours ago Geena Davis is back in action. The Academy Award-winning actress, 70, is joining Amazon MGM's new action film The Kellys, per Deadline, marking her first role in the genre in 30 years since 1996's The Long Kiss Goodnight. Directed by Brad Peyton, The Kellys also features Arnold Schwarzenegger, Liam …
CLEANUP ON AISLE FIVE
A blissfully vicarious, heartfelt glimpse into the life of a Manhattan burlesque dancer. A former New York City dancer reflects on her zesty heyday in the 1970s. Discovered on a Manhattan street in 2020 and introduced on Stanton’s Humans of New York Instagram page, Johnson, then 76, shares her dynamic history as a “fiercely independent” Black burlesque dancer who used the stage name Tanqueray and became a celebrated fixture in midtown adult theaters.
11 Books That Confront and Interrogate the Violence of a Class Society
11 Books That Confront and Interrogate the Violence of a Class Society Co-published by the Economic Hardship Reporting Project, LitHub, and Bookshop.org. I helped create and run the media non-profit Economic Hardship Reporting Project, which the late great Barbara Ehrenreich founded. In a time of journalism lay-offs, newsroom shut downs and right-wing-media takeovers, we support heavily reported and fearless nonfiction, including books.
Automation in retail is even worse than you thought
Posted 1/2/26 The Economic Hardship Reporting Project and The Nation report on retail automation's negative impact, revealing potential price gouging and worker challenges amidst technological advancements. This item is available in full to subscribers. E-mail Password Print and web subscribers If you're a print and web subscriber, but do not yet have an online account, click here to create one. Non-subscribers Click here to see your options for becoming a subscriber.
Automation in retail is even worse than you thought
11 hours ago AI is moving fast and bringing a whole new vocabulary with it. This glossary will help you stay up-to-date. AI is moving rapidly, becoming a critical component in everything from Google searches to content creation. It's also eliminating jobs and flooding the internet with slop. Thanks to the …
Automation in retail is even worse than you thought Original
Brianna Bagley’s favorite hobby is playing Horizon Zero Dawn, a role-playing game featuring a young hunter who battles murderous robotic organisms on a postapocalyptic planet overrun by machines. When she isn’t leveling up in the game, Bagley is hard at work in the produce department of a chain supermarket in Salt Lake City. Seven years in the grocery industry have given her plenty of experience with the real-world technology that is automating stores.
Automation in retail is even worse than you thought
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Automation in retail is even worse than you thought
Brianna Bagley’s favorite hobby is playing Horizon Zero Dawn, a role-playing game featuring a young hunter who battles murderous robotic organisms on a postapocalyptic planet overrun by machines. When she isn’t leveling up in the game, Bagley is hard at work in the produce department of a chain supermarket in Salt Lake City. Seven years in the grocery industry have given her plenty of experience with the real-world technology that is automating stores.
Automation in Retail Is Even Worse Than You Thought
Automation in Retail Is Even Worse Than You Thought Co-published by Economic Hardship Reporting Project and The Nation. Brianna Bagley’s favorite hobby is playing Horizon Zero Dawn, a role-playing game featuring a young hunter who battles murderous robotic organisms on a postapocalyptic planet overrun by machines. When she isn’t leveling up in the game, Bagley is hard at work in the produce department of a chain supermarket in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Automation in Retail Is Even Worse Than You Thought
January 22, 2025 Automation in Retail Is Even Worse Than You Thought New technology is not just making shopping more challenging for workers and consumers—it’s poised to rip off the most vulnerable. Ad Policy (Jeffery Washington / Getty) Brianna Bagley’s favorite hobby is playing Horizon Zero Dawn, a role-playing game featuring a young hunter who battles murderous robotic organisms on a postapocalyptic planet overrun by machines.
Class Defectors vs. Working Class Traitors: What JD Vance Could Learn From Édouard Louis and Annie Ernaux
Class Defectors vs. Working Class Traitors: What JD Vance Could Learn From Édouard Louis and Annie Ernaux Co-published by Economic Hardship Reporting Project and Literary Hub. “Poor people” are “my people” Republican vice-presidential candidate JD Vance has said. In his best-selling 2016 memoir Hillbilly Elegy, he claimed a similar possessiveness, while at the same time viewing this “cultural inheritance” with contempt.
Class Defectors vs. Working Class Traitors: What JD Vance Could Learn From Édouard Louis and Annie Ernaux
Ann Larson and Alissa Quart on the Power of the French Sociological Memoir This story was co-published by the journalism non-profit the Economic Hardship Reporting Project. Article continues after advertisement “Poor people” are “my people” Republican vice-presidential candidate JD Vance has said. In his best-selling 2016 memoir Hillbilly Elegy, he claimed a similar possessiveness, while at the same time viewing this “cultural inheritance” with contempt.
Why Canceling Student Debt Should Be a Universal Benefit
Two major student debt stories have hit the headlines in recent days. First, the Department of Education announced that it is canceling $5.8 billion in loans held by 560,000 former students of Corinthian Colleges, Inc, a for-profit college chain that lied to and defrauded low-income students. Second, news outlets reported that President Biden is close to announcing a plan to cancel $10,000 in student loans for individual borrowers to address the $1.7 trillion crisis.
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