“People whose work is focused on emotional labor ... have some of the twenty-five worst-paid jobs in the United States,” the author writes. Emotional labor is part of teaching preschool (top), day care provision (middle), social work (bottom), secretarial work, physical therapy, nursing, counseling More

“Women have responded to men’s financial incapacity, lack of emotional work, and refusal to share equally in housework and child care,” the author writes. “It is now women who initiate most U.S. divorces.” Illustration by Laura Beckman. More

Millions of women work two shifts: first their day jobs and then a second shift of domestic labor each evening. Credit: Creative Commons/Sean Dreilinger. More

No Haiti No Orleans by Michael Massenburg. In his work, Massenburg explores issues class, race and culture “in an attempt to engage the subjects through representational, psychological, and spiritual perspectives.” More

Creative Commons/Kt Ann Why does the idea of halting all “productive” work, even for a day, terrify so many of us? Are we afraid that, upon returning to our daily lives, we will no longer find the oppressive aspects of our society to be bearable? More

Tikkun Work with Rabbi Michael Lerner on spiritual politics, his Torah commentary, and his next books! We invite college students, recent graduates, mid-career professionals, and retirees to join us in Berkeley, California. info : tikkun.org/interns . More

Pinsky’s work grapples with our historical connection to the vibrant and violent forces that create culture and to the foundlings who are cast off along the way. More