unpaid internships
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Internships and the Hegemonic Authority
While the unpaid internship is finally facing scrutiny from courts and government commissions, simply eliminating those positions doesn’t solve the problem of privilege. Further, reliance on a privileged class threatens both the publishing industry and society as a whole: Media organizations, like…
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Unpaid Internships on the Rise
When I became an undergraduate eleven years ago, I was married, had two kids, and piles of bills to pay. By the time I was far enough along to think about internships, I was divorced, but that was about the…