Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about healthcare and science in pop culture. Mere months ago there was global panic, clearing out shop aisles of food and ...

Bad pay, low job security, no workers' union. Sound like your job? Then your chances of dying earlier are 20-30% higher, according to a study out of Sweden. Nuria Matilla Santander is an assistant ...

The pandemic is the backdrop to the ongoing federal election, and its attendant lockdowns have shone light on health and economic issues. Not the least of these is how job insecurity and low pay are ...

Ethnographers tell us that, in tribal societies, initiations into manhood are much more common than initiations into womanhood. The transition from girlhood to womanhood is seen as an inevitable ...

Recent announcements in Ontario about public education have been controversial, with changes including larger classroom sizes, mandatory online courses and curriculum revisions. However, perhaps most ...

The rise of the “gig economy” and on-demand work through platforms such as Uber has ignited public debate about precarious work and what makes a “good job”. Policymakers have been slow to respond, ...