Brexit: Rejection
The Brexit walls are closing in on Johnson.
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The California Workers’ Rights Bill Is a Start, but We Need a More Radical Approach to the ‘Gig Economy’
Stronger rights for Uber and Amazon workers are essential. But we must also address the economic context that makes insecure work a reality.
Read more...Federal Appeals Court Issues Mixed Decision on Net Neutrality
Parsing a mixed ruling on net neutraliity.
Read more...CalPERS to Announce Loss of JJ Jelincic in Board Election; Dirty, Illegal Tactics Against Jelincic Undermine Legitimacy of Incumbent’s Win
CalPERS’ allies defeated pro-accountability board challenger JJ Jelincic via dirty, illegal tactics and massive dark money spending.
Read more...What Gandhi Believed Is the Purpose of a Corporation
Gandhi had a well-developed view on corporate goverance and influenced business leaders.
Read more...Brexit: Whither Boris?
It seems likely that Johnson will resign rather than be in office October 31 and risk being held responsible by the Brexit Party for an extension. But when would he pull that trigger?
Read more...Libra Unraveling: Network of “Partners” Like Visa and Mastercard Refusing Even to Give Lip Service
Quelle surprise! Facebook’s touted Libra partners are getting cold feet.
Read more...The Self-Set Impeachment Trap
The Democrats are going about impeachment in a particularly stupid way.
Read more...America’s Final Patriots: An Interview + Book Review of Crisis of Conscience: Whistleblowing in an Age of Fraud by Tom Mueller (Riverhead Books, 2019)
A new, “brutally researched” book on whistleblowers describes their importance and the price they often pay.
Read more...We Can’t Rely on Corporations to Reform Themselves – We Must Challenge Their Power
Corporations cross their hearts and swear that they’ll care about more than executive and director pay and stock prices.
Read more...Brexit: Gaming It Out
Brexit is getting more fractious but noise does not translate into progress.
Read more...Brexit: All Eyes on Boris
Why Johnson may not be over.
Read more...Ending Temp Workers Is at Center of Auto Workers Strike
How temp workers are a way to implement Jay Gould’s plan: “I can hire one half of the working class to kill the other half.”
Read more...Purdue Files for Bankruptcy, Agrees to Settle Some Pending Opioids Litigation: Sacklers on Hook for Billions?
Purdue Pharma files for chapter 11 bankruptcy. Will members of the Sackler family succeed in blunting accountability for the opioids crisis?
Read more...48 States to Investigate Google: Anti-Trust or Politicking?
The messy politics of the 48 state Google anti-trust investigation.
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