“When my husband and I were offered jobs at the University of Idaho, when we got to Moscow,” Stevens said, “one of the things that we were told by many white professors really quickly was, ‘This is such a nice town. It’s such a beautiful place to raise a family. It’s so safe here. Everybody’s…

Western Washington Fred Meyer and QFC stores violated federal labor law last fall when they barred employees from wearing Black Lives Matter buttons at work, according to the National Labor Relations Board, according to the Seattle Times. Last week’s finding by the NLRB comes just over a year after Kroger, parent company of Fred Meyer…

The singer explores his search for self on tracks like “Sun Goes Down” — with its emotional lyrics that detail his own experience battling depression, according to NBC News. But true to fashion, he still finds space for fun among his self-discovery, with thumping tracks like “Industry Baby” and “Montero (Call Me by Your Name).”…

As the world struggles with a virus that continues to adapt, business leaders are navigating an equally complicated and evolving workplace. The conversation has shifted from remote work to hybrid work. Health isn’t just about physical ailments but also emotional and psychological ones. Perhaps more than anything, people want stability–and, increasingly, they’re leaving their jobs behind to find it….

Lawmakers, parents, think tanks, and conservative pundits have waged a war over how to teach students about systemic racism. As of this recording, 27 state legislatures and 165 national and local organizations have made efforts to restrict education on racism. As a result, school board members have been ousted, and some educators have resigned over…

Let me shed some light on the “mystery” of this labour shortage: With an abysmally low rate of pay, bad (often erratic) hours, no sick days and near-constant sexual harassment, racism, sexism and queerphobia, working in service sucks, writes Lori Fox in a special to The Globe and Mail. “And yet that hasn’t stopped pundits, and even some restaurateurs, from…

Movement leaders and experts said the prosecution of protesters over the past year continues a century-long practice by the federal government, rooted in structural racism, to suppress Black social movements via the use of surveillance tactics and other mechanisms, NPR reports. “The empirical data and findings in this report largely corroborate what Black organizers have…

Prosecutors have demanded that a judge force Kyle Rittenhouse’s defense team to turn over the names of everyone who donated to his legal funds or purchased the teen’s merchandise, according to Insider. In an August 17 court filing reviewed by Insider, prosecutors said it’s likely that some of the people who donated to Rittenhouse are…

The US had no need to invade Afghanistan. The country was never a “terrorist state” like Libya or Iran. It was not at war with the US; indeed the US had aided its rise to power against the Russians in 1996, writes Simon Jenkins. The Taliban had hosted Osama bin Laden in his mountain lair…

For years, the tribe has watched as tour operators have built a $4 million riverboat business through its ancestral lands, according to the Idaho Statesman. But Stacia Morfin is forcing the tourism industry to take the Nez Perce into account — and is rewriting her own story, too. This 36-year-old entrepreneur, who once spent three…