Working For A Living Hell

“Unemployment is down, the Dow Jones industrial average is north of 25,000 and millions of jobs are going unfilled. But for people like Vanessa, the question is not, Can I land a job? (The answer is almost certainly, Yes, you can.) Instead the question is, What kinds of jobs are available to people without much education? By and large, the answer is: jobs that do not pay enough to live on.” Matthew Desmond in the NYT Mag: Americans Want to Believe Jobs Are the Solution to Poverty. They’re Not.

+ “The sector creating jobs the fastest under Trump has been at the forefront of employment growth for the past several decades: the service industry.” Quartz: Jobs at bars and coffee shops are thriving in the Trump economy.

+ While America’s increasing economic divide is often positioned as an urban v rural issue, the truth is that there is a dramatic difference between cities. Frontline and ProPublica: Left Behind America. (Debuting tonight on PBS and via stream…)

+ The Atlantic: Why Does the School Day End Two Hours Before the Workday? (Why does it end before bedtime?)