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Over the last few years, all of us have been expected to, if not while keeping calm, carry on. We’ve […]
On Work • Curated by Say Madges
“The media has fomented a moral panic — ‘no one wants to work anymore’ — when, more accurately, no one wants to work under these conditions anymore.”
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“It’s the year of getting better,” her mother said as she walked into the room. It was Thora’s second hospital stay of the year.
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