Ah. Well, I'll have to risk bed bugs then, because even for a bargain, I just can't support a Walton company.

Please tell me where you can buy a new mattress for $100-$200 dollars. I am just dying to know.

You could also sponsor a Walmart striker: https://donate.changewalmart.org/page/contribut…

It's awesome that we're all talking about this, but...

Extra money may go a long way, but employees should get the choice whether they want to take those shifts or not. Many employers are compelling the Thanksgiving shifts.

They are and you should help! The more average consumers that come out on Friday and say no to big retail employers like Walmart, the less workers have to bear the burden and disciplinary risks of demonstrating on their own.

Well this is some trumped-up bullshit.

That depends. The store would be well within its rights as a private property owner to throw you out or, as an employer, to discipline the employees for taking and eating the donut on the floor if they have a no-eating-on-the-job rule. But if no one at your local Wal-Mart noticed or cared, you'd obviously be fine.

So, these laws are enforced by a patchwork of U.S. federal and state agencies. Primarily, the U.S. Department of Labor deals with instances in which employees are being misclassified for the purposes of denying them minimum wage and overtime protections under the Fair Labor Standards Act. Employees misclassified as…

To be fair, enforcement agencies here in the U.S. are trying to tackle this issue, too, but the federal and state agencies that do the enforcement just don't have enough resources to go around. Plus, with the economy doing poorly so a lack of jobs and it having become something of a status quo in certain industries…

So I guess the phrase here would be "misclassified employee." In typical fashion, the English language uses multiple words where German uses just one cool-sounding one.

That's not a phrase in the English language, HOWEVER, the concept applies. Most of what you described are the exact factors federal law considers when deciding whether a worker is an employee or an independent contractor. But, the unfortunate thing is that many, many employers take the risk and misclassify workers…

Ruched dresses seem to be having a moment. I believe Naomi Watts wore a super uggo ruched thing recently that was doing her torso no favors.

I love that Tom Hanks is drinking a Corona. I don't know what I expected him to drink, but it definitely wasn't this.

When have white vans NOT been shady? During my childhood, there were definitely a few attempted abductions in my area involving one.

I don't hate GOOP, and I don't think that quote is awful. Come at me HATERZ.

WTH are you talking about? If you read the essay, it doesn't sound like she's too upset over eating takeout.

I've read a comment like this before, but I'm not up on the Doug Barry thing. What's his deal? Is he Jez's resident click-bait troll?

Bingo. Agricultural workers are people, too.

Yes, I think it's a given (at least for me) that there are other factors playing into the overall environmental-soundness of one's food beyond whether it is organic.