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Black Friday
November 23, 2022
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Timothy Noah
Black Friday May Be Dying, but Retail Workers Are Still Getting Assaulted
Life at the economy’s bottom-most rung is no fun. When you go holiday shopping, please be patient and kind.
November 21, 2022
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Teddy Ostrow
Life Has Been Hell for UPS Workers Since the Pandemic. They’re Preparing to Fight Back.
As peak package season approaches, their union is gearing up for what could be the largest strike against a single company in U.S. history next year.
November 26, 2021
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Abdul El-Sayed
Health Insurance Deductibles Give Black Friday a Whole New Meaning
Better go out and get that health care now, folks, because come January 1, you’re going to start paying for it again.
November 25, 2021
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Molly Osberg
Black Friday’s Supply Chain Problems Are Really Labor Problems
This holiday shopping season, Covid-induced shortages meet the long-term project to squeeze retail and transport workers.
November 23, 2018
Alexis Papazoglou
Moral Holiday Shopping Is Harder Than You Think
Do any of us really control our purchasing choices and their implications these days?
November 27, 2015
Jamil Smith
Black Friday will be less black again in 2015.
November 26, 2015
Rebecca Leber
The War on Black Thursday
More stores are fighting Black Friday creep, which is good news for everyone, including retail workers.
November 13, 2015
Phoebe Maltz Bovy
Don’t Buy This Jacket
Patagonia elevates consumer restraint to an elite form of snobbery.
December 1, 2014
Danny Vinik
Black Friday's Weak Sales Numbers Are Meaningless. Cyber Monday's Will Be, Too.
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