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...moves from one low-paid job to another, Wynhausen finds that for most of her co-workers, the concept of job security, let alone job satisfaction, is pure whimsy. What she experiences is the backwash of one of the labor market's great transforming trends: Australia may be enjoying its lowest unemployment rate in 30 years, but a quarter of workers are now casuals, and two-thirds of all jobs created since 1990 were casual positions...
Either the judiciary or the states must stop one of America’s most undemocratic practices from spurring an electoral crisis. Since the Supreme Court instituted the “one man, one vote” concept in Baker v. Carr in 1962, it has played a pivotal role in regulating election law, sparking what many scholars have termed the “reapportionment revolution.” Unfortunately, the Court has been reluctant to intervene in cases involving partisan gerrymandering. Last year, in Vieth v. Jubelirer the Court ruled that it would not invalidate Pennsylvania?...
...until April 16, "Africa Remix" is as colorful, diverse and dynamic as Africa itself. The largest show of contemporary African artists ever seen in Europe, it features paintings, sculptures, installations, drawings, photography, film and video by some 70 artists from 23 countries stretching from Morocco to Mozambique. The "remix" concept?blending old and new, sacred and mundane?is an apt metaphor for contemporary African art. Ghanaian artist El Anatsui makes a dazzling metal cloth, reminiscent of ceremonial fabrics, from thousands of aluminum bottle tops. Mozambican sculptor Gon?alo Mabunda domesticates assault rifles and other weapons by transforming them into furniture...
...Heart) L.A.” is another high-concept piece that walks the fine line between art and artifice, but ultimately redeems itself through its boldy poetic indictment of utopian seduction. Delicate waves of acoustic guitar and electronic pulses dance over trash-can beats and mounting feedback, culminating in Dose’s staccato proclamation that “whats wrong with the world has to do with those fell in love with New York or Los Angeles or Paris or Jerusalem /and me of course.” Pseudointellectual “emo-rap” artists like Atmosphere?...
...October 2003 he agreed to raise money from Kleiner, Perkins Caufield & Byers Capital—$13 million, to be exact. Abrams says he might have kept saying no, but at the time, so-called “copycats” were on the rise and the interest in the concept of Friendster was too hot for Abrams to handle...