academia Study shows extent of hiring bias in academia: 20% of schools produce 80% of tenure-track profs Elías Villoro

congressbros Matt Gaetz's new staffer: "I need a woman who looks like she just got punched" Carla Sinclair

facebook Facebook to lay off another 10,000 workers in coming months Rob Beschizza

racism School board member "jokes" that blue eyes are an important quality in superintendent candidates David Pescovitz

crime Hartford Police want to stop violent crime using Slack Thom Dunn

Tulsi Gabbard Tulsi Gabbard equates affirmative action to Nazism Jennifer Sandlin

law 102 children worked hazardous jobs cleaning American slaughterhouses Rob Beschizza

google Some Google employees found they were laid off only when their badge didn't let them into the office: "Inhuman" Carla Sinclair

weird jobs Peanutters! Now's your chance to drive the Planters Peanutmobile Jennifer Sandlin

security theater A comic book history of the Pinkerton Agency Thom Dunn

films Somethings never change: Francis Ford Coppola's new movie is over budget Devin Nealy

tattoos Alabama firefighter fired for having a hidden tattoo on her scalp Carla Sinclair

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fix the police Re-hired police officer who enjoyed giving a feces sandwich to a homeless person got fired again Mark Frauenfelder

jobs Help wanted: "Bloodthirsty" Director of Rodent Mitigation to deal with New York City's rat problem David Pescovitz

cartoons This Simpsons parody of Death Note is peak Treehouse of Horror Devin Nealy

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guns Cheered by parents whose kids didn't die, Uvalde's school superintendent retires Rob Beschizza

Roadside Attractions The concrete Blue Whale in Catoosa, Oklahoma is the 9th Wonder of the World Jennifer Sandlin

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