Fall 2016
Table of Contents
The Gig Economy Issue
In Depth
Explore SectionFrom the Editors
#IamtheGigEconomy: Love Being Your Own Boss or Desperate for a Traditional Job?
Tell us about your gig life by using #IamtheGigEconomy.
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As 9-to-5 Jobs Vanish, Look Who鈥檚 Reinventing the Working World
Overcoming isolation in the gig economy, workers like Amazon鈥檚 Mechanical Turks are building democratic, worker-led communities.
Paul Hampton
Who Replaced 9-to-5 Workers?
In just a few years, half of all workers will be outside the traditional economy. Not just artists and farmers but business people and professors, too.
Tracy Matsue Loeffelholz
How We Became an Economy of Side Jobs
The job growth that led us out of the recession has been in nontraditional jobs, and that's working well for women.
Tracy Matsue Loeffelholz
When You Don鈥檛 Have a Traditional Job, This Is How You Get Creative
Austin, Texas, leads the nation in people with jobs outside the 9-to-5 economy.
Martin do Nascimento
鈥淚 Work Like an Independent Worker, and I Feel Happy鈥�
What today鈥檚 workers can learn from day laborers and domestic workers about job security, health benefits, and retirement.
Sylvia A. Harvey
Can Automation Turn Fewer Jobs Into Better Ones?
We must shape a future in which technological progress means freeing people to work fewer hours for fairer compensation and to devote themselves to social advancement.
John Nichols
We Need Young Farmers, and Colleges Can Help
The documentary Occupy the Farm shows the positive impact universities could have if they leveraged their resources to create more farms and farmers.
Chelsey Simpson
Finally, Jobs That Work for Parenting
Right now I鈥檓 not worried about the glass ceiling. For now, with a young child, I鈥檓 embracing freelance work.
Anne Miller
6 Tips on Making Money and Staying Sane When You Work From Home
How to deal with anxiety, self-doubt, and 鈥渢he check鈥檚 in the mail.鈥�
Brandon Ambrosino
On a Remote Homestead, the Work You Do Is Not Just a Job鈥擨t鈥檚 Your Life
Far from the 9-to-5, the work of building community can be a challenge when the cash economy is less relevant and volunteers are just passing through.
Olga Kreimer
Advising My Laid-Off Mom About Freelance Work
The economy has changed from many single-track, steady careers into workers who thrive on one-off gigs and 鈥減rojects.鈥� But when you鈥檙e over 60 and overqualified, how do you find a job?
Giulia Pines
For Workers Who Feel Like Part of a Machine, These Companies Get It Right
The Good Work Code attempts to re-examine what workers and employers want and to build jobs around shared values.
Christa Hillstrom
I Took a Side Job Selling Cherries at Pike Place鈥擜nd Now Love the Farming World
There is a profound sense of community born from the gathering of people and the exchange of goods at a market.
Fan Kong
Solutions We Love
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5 Reasons to Vote Even When You Hate Everything on the Ballot
Voting won鈥檛 solve the nation鈥檚 problems. But it鈥檚 a start.
Yessenia Funes
3 Tattoo Revolutionaries Who Express Their Values in Ink
There are new ways to think about ink.
Keith Barbalato
Strangers Become Family at This Multigenerational Housing Project
A unique affordable-housing community supports both foster families and elders who might be looking for a few extra grandchildren.
Kim Eckart
The U.S. Just Surpassed the Number of Breweries We Had in 1873
And 26 other facts you should probably know.
Kate Stringer & Liza Bayless
Culture Shift
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Half of All Indigenous Languages Are Disappearing. Inside the Rush to Save Them
Of 194 languages remaining in North America, nearly 63 percent are spoken only by adults or elders. That鈥檚 why children's television programming is key.
Tristan Ahtone
Sorry, Trump: So Many Reasons to Welcome Immigrants
Why cities across the country are rejecting xenophobia: They know the economic and social value of newcomers.
Magaly N. Lopez & Manuel Pastor
The Next Big Thing: Job Benefits That Go Where You Go
We need to overhaul America鈥檚 social safety net, which was designed for a different labor market and economy.
Chris Farrell
Urban Foraging: Weeds You Can Eat
6 edible weeds that can provide protein, reduce anxiety鈥攐r even predict the weather.
Jasleena Grewal
