WeWork and the Death of Leisure
From today’s New York Times “Opinion” by Ginia Bellafante This past week, Hudson’s Bay, whose story begins 347 years ago in the fur trade, making it the oldest company in North America,…
Former Trump campaign aide George Papadopoulos pleads guilty to lying to the FBI agents in Mueller probe
From today’s LA Times Update on #RussiaGate : A former foreign policy advisor to Donald Trump’s presidential campaign has pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about his contacts with Russians who…
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Pence casts deciding vote in Senate to deny consumers rights to sue banks
From today’s Washington Post by Ken Sweet: Call it a win for “the swamp.” President Trump and Republicans in Congress handed Wall Street banks a big victory by effectively killing…
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Ralph Nader: Trump’s Anti-Consumer Agenda Hurts His Voters
From today’s New York Times “Opinion” Section by Ralph Nader; As a candidate, Donald Trump promised regular people, “I will be your voice,” and attacked the drug industry for “getting…
Cordray Gives No Signal of Departure Plans as CFPB Finalizes Payday Rule
From law.com Oct. 5, 20 by C. Ryan Barber: As the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau moved Thursday to impose tighter restrictions on the payday lending industry, one question still looms large at…
Actresses—and Millions More Workers—Have No Federal Sexual Harassment Protections
From today’s Nation by Bryce Covert: After the New York Times dropped its bombshell investigation into decades of sexual harassment perpetrated by film producer Harvey Weinstein, and the New Yorker followed up with allegations of not just harassment…
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In the Fight Against Poverty, Work Is Our Most Powerful Weapon
From today’s Harvard Business Review by Leila Janah: Fourteen years ago, I left suburban Los Angeles to teach English in rural Ghana. I’d expected, like so many young people with bleeding…
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N.F.L. Players May Have an Ally in Their Protests: Labor Law
From today’s New York Times by Noam Scheiber:As National Football League team owners consider President Trump’s call to fire players who refuse to stand for the national anthem, they have stumbled…