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Claire Gordon

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Claire Gordon has contributed to Slate's DoubleX, the Huffington Post, and the book Prisons: Current Controversies. While an undergraduate at Yale University and a research fellow at Yale graduate school, she spoke on panels at Yale and Cornell, and reported from Cairo, Tokyo, and Berlin.

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Is This Woman Too Pretty To Work?

Is This Woman Too Pretty To Work?

Is This Woman Too Pretty To Work?

People love to hate on beautiful women (see: Anne Hathaway). But they really, really love to hate on women who claim their beauty is a curse. Lately a steady number of women have come forward claiming their bosses and co-workers punished them for being "too hot," and are swiftly skewered by a skeptical public....

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IRS Secretary Allegedly Embezzles $8,515 For Online Shopping Spree

IRS Secretary Allegedly Embezzles $8,515 For Online Shopping Spree

The Internal Revenue Service is already on trial for applying special scrutiny to conservative groups' applications for tax exempt status. Now an individual IRS worker is facing a possible 10-year prison sentence for allegedly using her government credit card to go on shopping binges at Amazon. Yetunde...

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Intern Gets Fired Before He Starts Because Of One Typo

Intern Gets Fired Before He Starts Because Of One Typo

Career counselors frequently caution college students that their flipflops and textspeaks may cause problems in the workplace. One undergrad apparently didn't heed the warnings, and was denied an internship for failing to capitalize one word. On his blog, best-selling author Jeff Pearlman reports the plight of...

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Unions Target Federal Contractors In New Strategy

Unions Target Federal Contractors In New Strategy

Every day, foreign aid workers, federal agents, and public policy scholars go to work in the palatial Ronald Reagan Building on Pennsylvania Ave., the most expensive federal building ever constructed. So did Joel Mejia, a 23-year-old Mexican immigrant (right) -- for $9 an hour and no benefits, in the building's...

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ESPN Begins Major Layoffs Despite Enormous Profits

ESPN Begins Major Layoffs Despite Enormous Profits

In November, Forbes called ESPN the world's most valuable media property. Earlier this month, the stock of ESPN's corporate parent Walt Disney Co. hit a record high. And on Tuesday, ESPN slashed its workforce. Sources told Deadspin that ESPN was laying off staff "in the hundreds." ESPN refused to confirm any...

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Sex Worker, Banned From LinkedIn, Cries Discrimination

Sex Worker, Banned From LinkedIn, Cries Discrimination

Used by 93 percent of companies to recruit, LinkedIn is the most popular professional network in the world. But one profession is categorically excluded from it: sex workers. In its updated user agreement, LinkedIn explicitly bars all sex workers, even legal ones, from its site. One prostitute in Nevada calls...

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H&M's Plus-Size Model Jennie Runk Says She Chose To Gain Weight

H&M's Plus-Size Model Jennie Runk Says She Chose To Gain Weight

Jennie Runk was volunteering at a PetSmart when the stunningly beautiful woman was spotted by a modeling agent. There was just one issue. The 13-year-old was a size 4. She either had to lose weight, the agent said, or gain weight, so she could be marketed as plus-size. Runk chose the latter. Now 24 and wearing...

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Walmart Workers Pessimistic About The Company's Future

Walmart Workers Pessimistic About The Company's Future

Walmart tried to put a positive spin on its disappointing earnings report Thursday, which showed declining U.S. sales. But a survey released Friday contains another bad sign for America's wealthiest company and largest employer: just 38 percent of employees think Walmart's business outlook is good.

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Enter A Contest And Win A Job! PR-Hungry Companies Stage 'Job Stunts'

Enter A Contest And Win A Job! PR-Hungry Companies Stage 'Job Stunts'

Here's a job: Get flown out to New Orleans for a one-day mixology tutorial, and then to three Kid Rock shows over the coming months in Detroit, Chicago, and Irvine, Calif., to serve the aging enfant terrible his before and after-show cocktails. Compensation: $10,000. Well, it's not a job exactly. It's a job...

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