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“Fired foreman sues notorious coal CEO over pressure to donate to Republicans”

Posted on September 13, 2014 by Naomi

How many bad references can there be in one headline? “Fired foreman sues,” “notorious coal CEO,” “pressure to donate to Republicans”? There are probably a few more encoded in that sentence. One is that the “fired foreman” is a woman … Continue reading →

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Fired for being “too old”? It’s a lawsuit

Posted on September 13, 2014 by Naomi

From John Marzulli at the Daily News: They ‘View’ed me as too old: lawsuit A 63-year-old former producer for ABC’s “The View” claims in an age discrimination lawsuit the show ordered her to relocate to Los Angeles as a pretext … Continue reading →

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Why there must be teacher tenure

Posted on September 12, 2014 by Naomi

I’m pretty passionate about this, since both my parents and all their friends were teachers, and since my father had something to do with the founding of the teachers’ union. Moreover the dishonorable legal war being waged by rich people … Continue reading →

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