William S Sefton

Kids as young as 10 and 11 are picking cash crops for giant international companies—and hardly anyone is watching to make sure the work is safe. https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2018/06/child-labor-tobacco/562964/?utm_source=feed

James T. Green landed his dream job right out of college. But when workplace stress collided with a tumultuous period in his own life, he decided he needed to quit to save his health. https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2018/06/exit-interview-james-t-green/561395/?utm_source=feed

A series of conversations about being fired, retired, aged out, and laid off https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2018/06/exit-interview/561611/?utm_source=feed

In 1966, Nancy Bancroft entered a convent, took the habit, and changed her name. Seven years later, she chose to leave—and rejoined a radically changed world. https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2018/06/exit-interview-nancy-bancroft/561287/?utm_source=feed

Delissa Reynolds, an actress, ran a popular local bar for years, until the neighborhood changed. https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2018/06/exit-interview-delissa-reynolds/561242/?utm_source=feed

Meg Spinella, a hospice chaplain, discusses how she has processed loss in life and work. https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2018/06/exit-interview-meg-spinella/561221/?utm_source=feed

“So often, I see signs that they’re looking for someone younger. Ads ask for ‘digital natives’ and people who ‘live, eat, and dream social media.’” https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2018/06/exit-interview-gordon-rothman/561419/?utm_source=feed

The short-term promise of easy cash can trap individuals in bad long-term conditions. https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2018/06/the-immigrants-fueling-the-gig-economy/561107/?utm_source=feed

The president’s seemingly arbitrary punishment of countries with wildly different practices suggests he was never much interested in negotiating. https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2018/06/trump-china-tariffs-trade-war/562904/?utm_source=feed

The private-equity companies swooping in to buy floundering retailers may ultimately be hastening their demise. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/07/toys-r-us-bankruptcy-private-equity/561758/?utm_source=feed

The companies swooping in to buy floundering retailers may ultimately be hastening their demise. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/07/toys-r-us-bankruptcy-private-equity/561758/?utm_source=feed

Lina Khan has a novel theory about monopolies—and her sights are set squarely on the company. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/07/lina-khan-antitrust/561743/?utm_source=feed

Lina Khan has a novel theory about monopolies—and her sights are set squarely on Amazon. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/07/lina-khan-antitrust/561743/?utm_source=feed

To understand how viewing habits have changed, consider the difference between the couch show and the phone show. https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2018/06/the-future-of-television-is-being-able-to-pick-shows-by-length/562547/?utm_source=feed

The president says he’s taking cues on tariffs from 1980s trade policy—but he’s missing critical components. https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2018/06/trump-tariffs/562550/?utm_source=feed

Forget selecting by genre. These days it’s all about couch shows versus phone shows. https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2018/06/the-future-of-television-is-being-able-to-pick-shows-by-length/562547/?utm_source=feed

If the Justice Department succeeds in blocking AT&T’s acquisition of Time Warner on Tuesday, the president could send the cable-TV industry into a tailspin. https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/06/trump-may-doom-the-medium-he-loves/562514/?utm_source=feed

By suddenly ousting a board of advisors, the head of the CFPB is continuing to shape the bureau in Trump's image. https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/06/cfpb-mulvaney/562274/?utm_source=feed

Foreign-born founders start a huge number of the U.S.’s most lucrative businesses. But new government policies are making it harder for them to stay. https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2018/06/trump-immigrant-entrepreneurs/561989/?utm_source=feed

By suddenly ousting a board of advisors, the head of the CFPB is continuing to shape the bureau in Trump's image. https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/06/cfpb-mulvaney/562274/?utm_source=feed

Half a century after the tropical craze of the 1960s, the modern age of escapism is taking cues—and inspiration for giant rum drinks—from the past. https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2018/06/a-new-golden-age-for-the-tiki-bar/562025/?utm_source=feed

Solving rural poverty in Arkansas will take more than odd jobs from smartphone apps. https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2018/06/gig-economy-inequality/560942/?utm_source=feed

The Canadian leader’s response to U.S. tariffs formed his sharpest-ever rebuke of the president. https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2018/06/trudeau-reaches-his-breaking-point-with-trump/561782/?utm_source=feed