We Need to Rethink Our Overwork Culture

2020 Democrats are feeding into the “dignity of work” mantra. They should be talking about the “dignity of life” instead.

Miles Howard
GEN
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4 min readMay 10, 2019

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RRecently, while out to lunch with a colleague, I found out that her four-year-old daughter had just received a study guide for an upcoming test. She mentioned this casually, as if the idea of a…

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Miles Howard
GEN
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Writer covering life-work balance, recreation, and how politics shape both. Bylines at VICE, NBC News, WBUR, Southwest Airlines, Boston Magazine, and The Nation