Reflections on the War on Work as a War on Workers
Recalling what good union jobs once meant for workers and communities and describing some damage done by the war on labor
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Capitalism, Mass Anger, and 2024 Elections
More and more, officials are using anger as an excuse of censorship and arrests. Is capitalism the root? And is there actually “mass anger”?
Read more...The Effect of AI Adoption on Jobs: Evidence from US Commuting Zones
Using data across US commuting zones over the period 2000-2020, this column presents evidence that AI adoption has reduced employment, except in high-paying occupations and those requiring a degree in STEM disciplines
Read more...Lina Khan’s FTC Gears Up to Go After Algorithmic Black Boxes Governing Workers’ Lives, but It Might Be Running Out of Time
A closer look at “algorithmic wage discrimination” used at gig companies (and increasingly across all industries), one potential tool to stop it, and how the FTC is zeroing in on the practice.
Read more...‘Corporate Greed Is Out of Control’: Warren Slams Kroger’s AI Pricing Scheme
If you have shopped at Kroger, please consider boycotting them over them over their surge pricing grifting plans.
Read more...What’s Wrong and Right with Project 2025
Why the Project 2025 dog’s breakfast of proposals bears watching.
Read more...Why Is the EU Upping the Pressure on Meloni in Italy?
News that Rome is in hot water over “rule of law” issues came out at same time Meloni headed East in attempt to repair ties with China, but is that the reason?
Read more...To Win ‘Medicare for All,’ First Reclaim Medicare From Profiteers
Building on the promise of Medicare means taking on the private-sector enriching, skimpy “Medicare Advantage” program
Read more...More Guns, Less Butter: How Will the EU Wed Austerity to Militarization?
Will Euro defense bonds be the answer?
Read more...‘Woah!’: FTC Applauded for Launching Inquiry Into Surveillance Pricing
The FTC targets surveillance pricing, which is privacy-risking data harvesting used to charge higher prices.
Read more...US Voters Want Change, Biden’s Exit Hasn’t Fixed That
Communities ravaged by neoliberal capitalism want real change. Candidates like Biden make Trump look more able to deliver it.
Read more...Wall Street Journal on Americans Being Less Willing to Have Children
The Journal gives a largely sympathetic account of why fewer are having children, even as it may be going easy on cost pressures.
Read more...The US Vassal State of Germany Comes Apart
Alternative for Germany and Sahra Wagenknecht are likely to perform well as government doubles down on failed policies and castigates voters.
Read more...A California Medical Group Treats Only Homeless Patients — And Makes Money Doing It
An initiative in the Southwestern US demonstrates that health care for the homeless can be financially viable.
Read more...IT Staffing Agency Smoothstack Traps Tech Workers in “Modern Day Indentured Servitude”, Federal Suit Alleges
Smoothstack, with some Fortune 500 clients, demanded its employees stay at the company for about two years or face fines up to $30,000.
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