About the Project

Work and Us is a new book-in-progress and multimedia storytelling project by Farai Chideya. Chideya has worked in a volatile industry -- media -- which has changed dramatically (and shrunk significantly) over the past two decades. Like so many of us, she began to reflect on how deeply attached she was to her identity as someone with a specific job. Part of work is about the money, but part of it is about social status, rituals and routines, and attachments. In other words, work is a relationship. And by sharing our stories, as well as exploring economic trends, we can make that relationship better.

Events and Livestreams

This is an archive of the April 24 event at WNYC's Jerome L. Greene Performance Space on the future of work. Great experts, great stories.
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Poor Job Growth Continues During Election 2012

It’s been a summer of discontent for many Americans seeking new jobs, but that hasn’t, as some predicted, shifted the Presidential race much. With the Republican and Democratic conventions now in the rear-view mirror, President Obama seems to have an…

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Hope Wanted: Jobs, Political Muscle, and the Presidential Election

After today’s lackluster jobs numbers, the Dow Industrial Average plunged 200+ points, erasing all the gains it had made in the past year. But to reference a meme, that’s Wall Street speak, not Main Street speak. In Main Stream terms,…

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The Employment Earthquake

Over the past two years I’ve been tracking the seismic shift in jobs and employment. This blog will share research and reporting from my book-in-progress on the future of work, and how that affects our personal identity and health. There’s…

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