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If There Is a ‘Male Malaise’ With Work, Could One Answer Be at Sea?

Before dawn on a recent day in the port of Seattle, dense autumn fog hugged Puget Sound and ship-to-shore container cranes hovered over the docks like industrial sentinels. Under the […]







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The End of the All-Male, All-White Cockpit

Then the university called off its partnership with the flight school, making it difficult for Ms. Percy to get the pilot training she needed in time to graduate, so she […]




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Truck Drivers’ On-the-Job Training Can Be Costly if They Quit

Once they have earned the license, drivers haul actual loads for their new employers. For typically four to 12 weeks, they are accompanied by a trainer. They earn a set […]




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Biden’s Infrastructure Plan: Scarcity of Skilled Workers Poses Challenge

WASHINGTON — The infrastructure bill that President Biden hopes to get through Congress is supposed to create jobs and spur projects for companies like Anchor Construction, which specializes in repairing […]




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Workers, in Demand, Have a New Demand of Their Own: A Career Path

Mark Wray was working at the concession stand of a movie theater when the pandemic lockdowns hit last year. The movie theater shut down, and he lost his job.But instead […]




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To Fill Millions of Open Jobs, Many Workers Need More Than Skills

Rachelle Katchenago of Menasha, Wis., lost her job as a call-center contract worker last year after the pandemic lockdowns took hold. No one was hiring.Ms. Katchenago, 37, eventually heard of […]




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Student Loan Forgiveness Program Made Decisions in 12 Minutes, Documents Say

Former Education Secretary Betsy DeVos made no secret of her disdain for a program intended to forgive the federal student loans of borrowers who were ripped off by schools that […]




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Should the Feds Guarantee You a Job?

What should the president do about jobs?For 30 years, Democratic administrations have approached the question by focusing on the overall economy and trusting that a vibrant labor market would follow. […]