Appeals Court blocks purge of 200,000 voters from Wisconsin voter rolls
From today’s Washington Post: An appeals court has temporarily halted the purge of more than 200,000 people from Wisconsin’s voter rolls, in a case that set off a bitter fight…
The Gig Economy Is Coming for Jobs
From today’s New York Times: A few years ago, Adalberto Martín began to see some troubling changes at work. As a veteran member of the room service staff at Marriott’s…
Florida Faces Rocky Rollout To Restore Voting Rights For Convicted Felons
From NPR News Online: Florida passed an amendment in 2018, promising to restore voting rights for over a million Floridians with felony convictions. But that hope turned to confusion soon…
Major union launches campaign to organize video game and tech workers
From today’s Los Angeles Times: The last two years have witnessed a wave of walkouts, petitions and other workplace actions at video game and tech companies. But despite this swell…
Gag clauses for CA state workers, public employees violate free speech rights
From today’s Sacramento Bee: Employees at a California tax agency started to suspect something was up when a compliance officer emailed everyone a reminder not talk with the media one…
Pay Is Rising Fastest for Low Earners. One Reason? Minimum Wages.
From today’s New York Times: These days, wages in the United States are doing something extraordinary: They’re growing faster at the bottom than at the top. In fact, recent growth…
Data Privacy: What Californians can do about creepy data collection in 2020
From today’s The Mercury News: Starting New Year’s Day, Californians creeped out by the trove of personal data companies collect on their online shopping, searching and social media habits will…
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A brutal year: how ‘techlash’ caught up with Facebook, Google and Amazon
From The Guardian Online: What goes up must come down, and in 2019, gravity reasserted itself for the tech industry. After years of relatively unchecked growth, the tech industry found…
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Fashion Nova’s Secret: Underpaid Workers in Los Angeles Factories
From today’s New York Times: Fashion Nova has perfected fast fashion for the Instagram era. The mostly online retailer leans on a vast network of celebrities, influencers, and random selfie…
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The House Has Impeached President Trump. Here’s What We Learned.
From FiveThirtyEight: The House of Representatives voted to impeach President Trump on Wednesday, making him just the third president ever to be impeached. The two votes fell almost perfectly along…