Tag: Jobs

Are UPS AI-driven Job Cuts Part of Bigger Trend?

After the boom years of the pandemic shopping spree, package delivery giant UPS is taking a hit. (And it doesn’t’ help that the golden goose of shipping demand—Amazon—is taking more and more of its delivery work in house.) The latest bomb to drop came today (Jan. 30) when UPS announced it is cutting 12,000 employees […]

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Must Everything be About AI These Days?

I have one word for you. No, not plastics—that was the 1960s. The word, or acronym, is “AI.”  That’s the quick synopsis of the World Economic Forum’s recent conference in Davos. “I think AI is probably the most optimistic story that I’ve heard on the street,” says my colleague, Worth editor Dan Costa. Every Davos seems to have […]

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State adds 6,000 jobs in 2023

The statewide job count increased by 6,000 between December 2022 and December 2023, the State Department of Labor and Workforce Development announced Friday. That 6,000 exceeds the department’s projection of 5,300 published in its “Economic Trends” in January of last year. It follows a gain of 6,400 in 2022 and 7,000 in 2021. A regional […]

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How to Handle Unemployment: Tips From People Who’ve Been There

This article originally appeared on VICE Netherlands. When my contract wasn’t renewed at my previous job, I wasn’t too concerned at first. I worked in PR at a photography museum in Amsterdam, and I assumed I’d find work again within a month or two. But that outlook turned out to be quite optimistic. I sent […]

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Civilian Climate Corps Is a (Tiny) Step Forward for Young Activists

The broader inspiration for the American Climate Corps comes from the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), an early New Deal program that put young men to work planting billions of trees and building trails, roads, hunting cabins and other infrastructure dedicated to both conservation and recreation. Dubbed “Roosevelt’s Tree Army,” the program lasted for about a […]

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Biden Takes a Tiny Step Toward a Roosevelt-Style Climate Revolution

The broader inspiration for the American Climate Corps comes from the Civilian Conservation Corps, or CCC, an early New Deal program that put young men to work planting billions of trees and building trails, roads, hunting cabins, and other infrastructure dedicated to both conservation and recreation. Dubbed “Roosevelt’s Tree Army,” the program lasted for about […]

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Smartest Black Gangsters in TV and Film

The Wire | Snoop Buys A Nailgun Snoop is arguably the most frightening character in The Wire, taking out anybody Marlo asked her to. But, she was also extremely savvy and always learning to learn. In the opening scene of season 4 (the greatest season of television), while shopping for a nail gun, she learned […]

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Are AI Models Championing Diversity or Killing an Art?

On the other side of the coin, the advent of AI modeling can also be viewed as controversial. This can be seen with the recent unveiling of a collaboration between the legendary denim company Levi’s and Lalaland.ai, one of the foremost digital fashion studios that specializes in the creation of AI models. In March 2023, Levi’s […]

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