Gig Worker Employment Fights Like Those in California Pit Flexibility Against a Livable Wage – But ‘Platform Cooperatives’ Could Ensure Workers Get Both
A proposal to improve gig worker bargaining power and solidarity.
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Glenn Greenwald Resigns from the Intercept Over Censorship of Article on Hunter and Joe Biden
Glenn Greenwald has resigned from the Intercept over an effort to gut a piece on the Bidens, in an apparent violation of his contract.
Read more...The Scary Truth Is Many Senate Dems Share the Same Corporate Agenda as Amy Coney Barrett
Why the half-hearted Democratic Party opposition to Amy Coney Barrett should come as no surprise.
Read more...How Donald Trump Is Putting American Workers at Risk
A partial catalogue of how Trump has left worers high and dry.
Read more...Don’t Look Down! Estimating the Depth of State Covid Budget Holes
The not-pretty picture of Covid impact on state and local governments.
Read more...Links 10/29/2020
Ending Regime Change – in Bolivia and the World
How democracy triumphed in Bolivia…despite the best efforts of the US.
Read more...Revisiting the Rise of Italian Fascism
The example of Mussolini suggests that fear of socialist policies played a big role in the rise of fascism.
Read more...Links 10/28/2020
Residential Evictions Bearing Down on Many Tenants
Winter is coming, and unless something major changes, with it, evictions.
Read more...Savvy Patient Fought for the Price She Was Quoted − And Didn’t Give Up
Another case of patient-gouging that got cleaned up only when the press called.
Read more...“Shadow” Lobbyists Run Rampant in the Swamp
Unregistered lobbyists, including former members of Congress, are a key resource for lobbying firms
Read more...A (Very) Short History of the Idea of Ending Poverty
As material output increased, so to has the interest in treating poverty as a potentially solvable problem.
Read more...Links 10/27/2020
Large UK Study Delivers Big Blow to Covid Herd Immunity Thesis, Raises Concerns About Vaccine Strategies
Confirming a Covid concern.
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