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The Black Female Artists Redefining Minimalism

JENNIE C. JONES was a 20-year-old art student when she first saw the work of the minimalist painter and sculptor…

Business

A German Initiative to Keep Workers Employed by Retraining Them

When Emrullah Karaca began working at a factory in Gifhorn, Germany, where the auto parts supplier Continental builds components for…

Health

How Poor Tracking of Bird Flu Leaves Dairy Workers at Risk

Farmworkers have been exposed to milk infected with the bird flu virus. But there has been virtually no testing on…

Travel

Body of Final Victim in Baltimore Bridge Collapse Is Found

The victim, José Mynor López, was a member of a work crew that had been filling potholes on the bridge…

Politics

Your Neighbors Are Retiring in Their 30s. Why Can’t You?

Even before he really knew what it meant, Allen Wong wanted to be rich. As a kid, he didn’t yet…

Arts

At SFMOMA, Disability Artwork Makes History

In 1974, Florence Ludins-Katz and Elias Katz — she an artist, he a psychologist — turned the garage of their…

World

It Took Decades, but Japan’s Working Women Are Making Progress

Employers have taken steps to change a male-dominated workplace culture. But women still struggle to balance their careers with domestic…

Arts

Tyshawn Sorey Wins Pulitzer for Composing an ‘Anti-Concerto’

The composer and instrumentalist was honored for “Adagio (For Wadada Leo Smith),” an unconventional concerto written for saxophone and orchestra.

World

5 Dead After Inhaling Hazardous Gas at a Water Plant in Sicily

An official said the workers were killed by hydrogen sulfide, which is toxic in high concentrations. Italian officials and unions…

World

What Happened When the Skating Coaches Wanted a Union

A simmering labor dispute involving figure skating coaches at Sky Rink in Manhattan ramped up in recent days after two…

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