Amid the storm of shit that is currently raining down on the fire-engine red signs of Chick-fil-A, the homophobic purveyor of fried chicken is now facing allegations of gender discrimination. According to GLAAD, former Chick-fil-A employee Brenda Honeycutt is suing the restaurant chain for wrongful termination… » 7/26/12 9:10pm 7/26/12 9:10pm

Prepare for your favorite public places to be invaded by an onslaught of bored teenagers this summer. While they once would have been spending their days mowing lawns or working in the local ice cream store, teens these days aren't getting summer jobs like they used to. This year, fewer than three in 10 American teens… » 6/13/12 10:25am 6/13/12 10:25am

Do you have a job? Then bad news: You are probably fat. Or if you are not fat already, you are going to get fat. At least that is the conclusion one reaches after looking at the results of a new CareerBuilder survey about which jobs are most likely to make people gain weight. Is your job on the list? Almost certainly… » 6/08/12 10:25am 6/08/12 10:25am

Sure, there's the fantasy of a sexy nurse giving you a sponge bath, but would you actually want a hot nurse tending to you in an emergency room? Is attractiveness the number one quality you want in a nurse who's doing things like shoving a catheter up into your gentles or cleaning your gaping head wound? That's… » 2/22/12 10:00am 2/22/12 10:00am

Anyone who has ever worked in the restaurant industry can tell you that it can be incredibly unpleasant for everyone involved, but a new study has found that, in fact, it's an especially terrible place for women to work. To begin with, they make less money. Women servers who work full-time earn 68 percent of the… » 2/14/12 11:50am 2/14/12 11:50am

A troubled wife consults Slate's peerless "Dear Prudence." Prudie takes care of sensible advice, so we went ahead and asked a bunch of dead people! » 6/26/09 6:00pm 6/26/09 6:00pm