The Old Rules of the Workplace Aren’t Working. At Least Not for Women.
From today’s New York Times: Despite clear gains by women in so many aspects of society over the decades, their progress in the workplace seems to have stalled. It is…
Framers fail: Voting is a basic right but it’s not guaranteed in Constitution
From today’s USA Today: The Founders unwisely gave states control of the vote. The upshot is we’re headed for separate democracies: restrictive red ones, expansive blue ones. In 1835, William…
One Reason for Slow Wage Growth? More Benefits, Sort of
From today’s New York Times: One of the most perplexing questions about the nation’s economic recovery is why a tight labor market has not translated into faster wage growth. Part…
New sexual assault allegations roil Kavanaugh SCOTUS nomination
From today’s Los Angeles Times: Brett Kavanaugh’s embattled nomination for the Supreme Court faced further disarray Sunday night after an explosive new account emerged of alleged sexual misconduct when he…
The Plot to Subvert an Election: Unraveling the Russia Story So Far
From today’s New York Times: ON AN OCTOBER AFTERNOON BEFORE THE 2016 ELECTION, a huge banner was unfurled from the Manhattan Bridge in New York City: Vladimir V. Putin against…
Amazon is considering up to 3,000 cashierless AmazonGo stores by 2021
From today’s Los Angeles Times: Amazon.com Inc. is considering a plan to open as many as 3,000 new AmazonGo cashierless stores in the next few years, according to people familiar…
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The stock market boom has given CEOs a raise. What about average workers?
From today’s PBS News Hour: Over the past few years, many economic indicators have returned to where they were before the Great Recession — among them, the unemployment rate, which…
Freezing Credit Will Now Be Free. Here’s Why You Should Go for It.
From today’s New York Times: Consumers will soon be able to freeze their credit files without charge. So if you have not yet frozen your files — a recommended step…
Betsy DeVos loses lawsuit after delaying student loan protection rule
From today’s CNN News: A federal judge ruled that the Betsy Devos-led Department of Education improperly delayed implementing a rule to give some student loan borrowers relief. U.S. District Judge…
Clear and troubling picture of voter suppression: ‘One Person, No Vote’
From today’s Los Angeles Times: Near the end of “One Person, No Vote: How Voter Suppression Is Destroying Our Democracy,” Carol Anderson reminds us that “voting is neither an obstacle…