Month: May 2015

‘Rise of the Robots’ and ‘Shadow Work’ – NYTimes.com http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/05/17/books/review/rise-of-the-robots-and-shadow-work.html?referrer= In the late 20th century, while the blue-collar working class gave way to the forces

Why Saudi Arabia has lost faith in the US – BBC News http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-32778185 One key sentence in President Barack Obama’s press conference at Camp David

Michael Heizer’s Big Work and Long View – NYTimes.com http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/05/17/arts/design/michael-heizers-big-work-and-long-view.html GARDEN VALLEY, NEV. — One breezy spring day last month, I drove back here to

The President, Fox News and the Poor – NYTimes.com http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/05/14/opinion/charles-blow-the-president-fox-news-the-poor.html This week, during a panel discussion on poverty at Georgetown University, President Obama lambasted the

From Ferguson to Baltimore: The Fruits of Government-Sponsored Segregation | Economic Policy Institute http://www.epi.org/blog/from-ferguson-to-baltimore-the-fruits-of-government-sponsored-segregation/ Posted April 29, 2015 at 2:46 pm by Richard Rothstein In

Bay Bridge news gets worse: Tower rod fails key test – SFGate http://m.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Bay-Bridge-news-gets-worse-Tower-rod-fails-key-6250031.php Photo: Paul Chinn / Paul Chinn / The Chronicle Image 4 of

Unemployment to drop to 5.2% in April | Brookings Institution http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/jobs/posts/2015/05/05-jobs-forecast-barnichon This post discusses my monthly update of the Barnichon-Nekarda model.  For an introduction to

Ben Carson: US should rethink Supreme Court review of laws – The Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/ben-carson-us-should-rethink-supreme-court-review-of-laws/2015/05/10/debd1ba4-f72f-11e4-a47c-e56f4db884ed_story.html WASHINGTON — Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson says the United

Campus Debates on Israel Drive a Wedge Between Jews and Minorities – NYTimes.com http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/05/10/us/campus-debates-on-israel-drive-a-wedge-between-jews-and-minorities.html LOS ANGELES — The debates can stretch from dusk to dawn,

Scientists May Have Just Found A Solution For Deadly Superbugs http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/7228766 Anna Almendrala Healthy Living Editor Shutterstock / Michal Kowalski A computer program designed by