Articles filed under Washington Post
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Workers are forming unions at nonprofits and think tanks. Their bosses aren't always happy.Feb 09, 2020 5:15 am - The idea to unionize took shape last summer. And it didn't happen at a big company, school or hospital, but a more unexpected place: a small nonprofit organization. Empl...
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Study: Community college students could be charged more for loansFeb 09, 2020 5:13 am - Two college students. Same credit profile. Same $10,000 loan. Same bank. The only difference is one attends a community college, while the other is enrolled at a four-ye...
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What to do about a lazy co-worker when management doesn't careFeb 09, 2020 5:09 am - Q: It recently became obvious that a co-worker was spending two to four hours out of each day texting and shopping online using the company computer and her personal cel...
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There are plenty of benefits to barre. But a ballerina body isn't one of them.Feb 09, 2020 5:00 am - As its name suggests, barre class is inspired by ballet. Although the workout may leave attendees feeling more confident in their Lululemons, barre class alone isn't lik...
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The Oscar category that best reflects the state of film isn't best picture — it's visual effectsFeb 08, 2020 6:00 am - Wedged each year among the smorgasbord of critical darlings, art house films and prestige dramas that fill the various Oscar categories sits what is quietly the most rel...
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Analysis: Iowa caucus app is latest example of politicos building faulty tech with disastrous resultsFeb 08, 2020 5:18 am - The Iowa caucus debacle is just the latest example of politicos building faulty technology - with serious political consequences. Professional technologists shuddered at...
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A man walked down a street with 99 phones in a wagon. Google Maps thought it was a traffic jam.Feb 08, 2020 5:15 am - The streets were shaded the dreaded dark red on Google Maps, warning drivers of a traffic nightmare. In reality, though, almost no one was on the road - except for a lon...
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For Xbox, it's time to ditch the 'console wars' narrativeFeb 08, 2020 5:00 am - Phil Spencer, Microsoft's head of Xbox, hasn't been worried about the “console wars” for some time. In a recent interview, he made clear who Microsoft views as its compe...
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An engineering student is helping envision a self-driving future for people with disabilitiesFeb 08, 2020 5:00 am - The weekend she was supposed to be presenting a plan to improve transit service for people with disabilities using self-driving shuttles, Jen Schlegel was confronting he...
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Secret Service has paid rates as high as $650 a night for rooms at Trump's propertiesFeb 07, 2020 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump's company charges the Secret Service for the rooms agents use while protecting him at his luxury properties - billing U.S. taxpayers ...