Joanna Scutts - In These Times

Joanna Scutts is a freelance writer based in Queens, NY, and a board member of the National Book Critics Circle. Her book reviews and essays have appeared in the Washington Post, the New Yorker Online, The Nation, the Wall Street Journal and several other publications. You can follow her on Twitter @JC_Scuttsr.

Feminism in the Age of Precarity

An interview with historian Alice Kessler-Harris on how the past 30 years have changed women’s workplace demands.

Working Night and Day, for 1,000 Years

A new book tells the hidden history of work—on and off the job.

The Great Academic Novel

At the ripe age of 50, John Williams' "Stoner" is getting the attention it deserves

The Surefire Formula for Doing Good?

The altruists profiled in Strangers Drowning have made huge personal sacrifices for others. But what should we make of their extremely individualistic approach?

Fall In Love with Your Job, Get Ripped Off by Your Boss

Miya Tokumitsu's sharp new book exposes the "Do what you love" fairy tale for what it really is: a means of exploitation.

Inside the Happiness Racket

Can money buy happiness? A new book explores the history of those who have tried to sell it.

Big Data Is Watching You

The hidden price of Google, Twitter and Facebook.

Ai-jen Poo’s ‘The Age of Dignity’ Is a Wake-up Call for an Aging—and Unprepared—Nation

When it comes to providing care for an aging baby boomer population, Poo says, we need to think bigger.

Portrait of the Artist as a Dying Class

Scott Timberg argues that we've lost the scaffolding of middle-class jobs—record-store clerk, critic, roadie—that made creative scenes thrive.

The Poor Don’t Need Pity

In a new book, Linda Tirado elaborates on her viral essay, 'Why I Make Terrible Decisions, or, Poverty Thoughts.'