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A photo essay profiles workers at Chennai's Kasimedu fishing harbor, focusing on aging basket men and a former fisherman who describe dangerous, low-paid labor, personal tragedy, and an overcrowded port. It emphasizes their precarious livelihoods, limited rights, and love for the sea.
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Coal miners suffering from black lung disease are facing long delays and appeals in obtaining federal benefits as cases reach a nearly 50-year high. The Trump administration is simultaneously moving to boost coal and has delayed a federal silica dust rule. Families describe a grueling process in which coal operators appeal approved benefits.
U.S. childcare costs are described as astronomical, leading more families to rely on grandparents for regular care. The article profiles families and cites experts who say a lack of affordable, flexible childcare infrastructure is driving the trend.
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A human-interest personal finance piece profiles a woman earning money through the Airtasker app by doing odd jobs for neighbours. It explains how side hustles work, typical pay, fees, insurance, and tax considerations, with practical advice for readers.
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A personal finance feature profiles a 62-year-old 'pension late bloomer' who began saving seriously at 50 and offers tips for others starting late. It uses Standard Life categories and figures to show the cost of delaying retirement saving, while stressing that it is not too late to improve outcomes.
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 2319, creating a new tax credit for post-production film and TV work, alongside changes to the state’s existing incentive program. The new credit is smaller than originally proposed but aims to keep entertainment jobs from leaving California amid industry competition.
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A GAO report found the Trump administration spent about $6.7 billion on paid administrative leave tied to DOGE buyouts, with paid leave usage jumping 435 percent in 2025. Democratic lawmakers and federal-worker advocates call the buyouts wasteful and poorly planned, while the administration says the one-time costs yield annual savings from a smaller workforce.
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A worker died after a trench collapsed in Hickman, California, trapping him underground for hours. More than 30 firefighters responded and recovered the body after a nearly five-hour rescue operation; Cal/OSHA is investigating the cause.
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An opinion column argues that AI and software automation are displacing white-collar workers, eroding bargaining power, and threatening middle-class economic stability while corporations profit. It rejects retraining platitudes and corporate rhetoric, framing ordinary workers as victims of an economic transition driven by employers.
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Amy’s Kitchen is closing its original Santa Rosa, California factory and eliminating 260 jobs, shifting production to Oregon and Idaho. The company will also lay off dozens at its Pocatello, Idaho canning plant, though its headquarters remains in Petaluma.
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An opinion piece argues that Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei is right to warn about AI but focuses on the wrong apocalypse: the risk that automation will make human labor unnecessary and erode society's valuation of displaced workers. Drawing on the medieval shift from 'villein' to 'villain' and the Black Death labor shortage, it warns that economic redundancy can harden into moral judgment unless society reaffirms human worth beyond work.
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The article profiles more than three dozen congressional candidates with union backgrounds, most of them Democrats, as the labor movement seeks to increase working-class representation in Congress. It presents their candidacies as a response to economic inequality and Democratic efforts to rebuild support among working-class voters, while casting Trump's labor record negatively.