Alexandra Olson

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  • BRAZIL – 2023/11/09: In this photo illustration, the Jezebel logo is displayed on a smartphone screen. (Photo Illustration by Rafael Henrique/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)Lifestyle

    Weeks after shutting down, feminist website Jezebel will come ‘back from the dead’ with new owner Paste Magazine

    By Alexandra Olson and The Associated Press
  • Toronto , Canada – 22 June 2022; Jim Spanfeller, CEO, G/O Media, on Fourth Estate Stage during day two of Collision 2022 at Enercare Centre in Toronto, Canada. (Photo By Piaras Ó Mídheach/Sportsfile for Collision via Getty Images)Finance

    Trailblazing feminist blog Jezebel’s owner says the site has to shut down from a lack of buyers. The writers claim ‘strategic and commercial ineptitude’

    By Alexandra Olson and The Associated Press
  • Starbucks Workers United logo featured on a black t-shirtLeadership

    Workers and CEOs struggle to discuss Israel-Hamas war: ‘What good am I in my job if I compromise my own morals and ethics?’

    By Alexandra Olson, Anne D'Innocenzio, and others
  • Albert BourlaPolitics

    The workplace is divided by responses to the Israel-Hamas war: ‘What good am I in my job if I compromise my own morals and ethics?’

    By Alexandra Olson, Anne D'Innocenzio, and others
  • File – Mary Barra, CEO of General Motors, talks with President Joe Biden as he sits in a Corvette during a tour of the Detroit Auto Show on Sept. 14, 2022, in Detroit. United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain’s focus on CEO pay is part of a growing trend as emboldened labor unions cite the widening wealth gap between workers and the top bosses to bolster their demand for higher wages and better working conditions. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)Finance

    A GM worker with median pay would have to work 362 years to make the CEO’s annual compensation

    By Alexandra Olson and The Associated Press
  • Woman in hard hat looks at a screen in a dark warehouseFinance

    The Biden administration wants anyone who makes under $55,000 to get paid overtime

    By Alexandra Olson and The Associated Press
  • Fran DrescherSuccess

    How the economy of convenience created the summer of strikes, from UPS to Hollywood: ‘Like Christmas on steroids for 2 straight years’

    By Alexandra Olson and The Associated Press
  • AUSTIN, TEXAS – JUNE 05: Journalists protest outside the offices of the Austin American Statesman newspaper on June 05, 2023 in Austin, Texas. Staff journalists at the paper joined hundreds of staffers across the country in a nationwide walkout, protesting against Gannett newspaper’s job cuts, budget cuts and the company’s leadership, headed by CEO Mike Reed. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images)Success

    Hundreds of journalists across seven states just went on strike to demand an end to cost cutting at America’s biggest newspaper chain

    By Alexandra Olson and The Associated Press
  • (AP Illustration/Peter Hamlin)Leadership

    CEO annual pay only rose 0.9% last year. But at almost $15 million, it would still take an average worker two lifetimes to make

    By Alexandra Olson and The Associated Press
  • MANCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE – APRIL 27: Former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally on April 27, 2023 in Manchester, New Hampshire. Trump, who is currently dealing with a growing number of legal cases against him, is the Republican frontrunner for the Republican presidential ticket. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)Politics

    CNN’s chaotic Donald Trump town hall that turned into a lie-filled campaign rally is panned: ‘CNN should be ashamed of themselves’

    By Alexandra Olson, David Bauder, and others
  • PRODUCTION – 02 September 2021, Berlin: Silvan, a driver for food delivery service Uber Eats, rides a bicycle with a transport box on his back on a street in the Friedrichshain district of Berlin. Photo: Carsten Koall/dpa (Photo by Carsten Koall/picture alliance via Getty Images)Politics

    ‘It got me scared’: Delivery workers are on edge after a series of violent attacks raise questions about safety

    By Alexandra Olson, Wyatte Grantham-Philips, and others
  • Crypto investor Tyrone Norris, also known as Mental Stamina, right, jams along with rapper Mozay Calloway, left, and singer Don “Petty Christ” Paradise, during their performance at a popup livestream event for “Hiphop.Game,” a metaverse platform Norris created to market NFTs and its related cryptocurrency “@Joincoin,” Friday Jan. 27, 2023, at Love Gallery in Brooklyn, N.Y. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)Tech

    The crypto meltdown has hurt Black and Latino investors attracted to building wealth outside of traditional systems: ‘It was great until it wasn’t’

    By Cora Lewis, Alexandra Olson, and others
  • FTC Chair Lina KhanSuccess

    Biden’s FTC wants to ban noncompete clauses

    By Alexandra Olson, Michelle Chapman, and others
  • The New York Times logo is seen on the building in New York CityFinance

    Fed-up New York Times employees walk out in 24-hour strike over wages and remote-work policies

    By Alexandra Olson and The Associated Press
  • holiday travelLifestyle

    Heavy holiday travel is another sign of normalcy: ‘The world’s gotten to a safe enough place where we can be with loved ones again’

    By David Koenig, Alexandra Olson, and others