Unfair ratings cost some Instacart shoppers hundreds a week
From today’s New York Times: Bags of groceries don’t just vanish into thin air. But in case the laws of physics ceased to exist, Loreen Zahara does her due diligence.…
Georgia Senate Runoffs: More Voters Turn Out For Early Voting On First Day Than For General Election
From today’s Forbes Magazine: Nearly 169,000 Georgians cast ballots on Monday, the first day of early voting in the state’s Senate runoff elections—a massive number that surpasses even that of…
Battleground states urge SCOTUS to reject Texas bid to overturn Biden’s wins
From today’s CNBC News Online: The battleground states whose presidential election results are being challenged by Texas at the Supreme Court urged the justices on Thursday not to take up…
U.S. Files Suit Against Facebook, Claiming It Illegally Crushed Competition
From today’s New York Times: The Federal Trade Commission and more than 40 states accused Facebook on Wednesday of becoming a social media monopoly by buying up its rivals to…
Trump’s false claims laying groundwork for new voting restrictions, experts warn
From NBC News Online: Even before the final votes in the 2020 election were tallied, President Donald Trump sent his attorneys to court alleging voter fraud. When it became clear…
Google Illegally Fired And Spied On Workers Trying To Organize, NLRB finds
From today’s NPR News Online: Google illegally fired two employees involved in labor organizing last year, the National Labor Relations Board alleged in a complaint on Wednesday. The tech giant…
J-1 Visa Recipients Stuck in US during Pandemic Are Demanding Their Rights
From today’s The Nation Magazine Online: By mid-March, Mars was starting to worry. The 27-year-old was living and working in Little Rock, Ark., where the mayor had just imposed a…
How to tell kids the REAL story behind the Thanksgiving Holiday
From Today Online: Most people hear the story of Thanksgiving from a young age and it’s pretty simple. A group of Pilgrims, fleeing religious persecution, sail to North American and…
Coronavirus: Retail workers ‘scared’ as cases surge during U.S. holidays
From BBC News Online: They are calling for hazard pay, paid sick leave and better communication about outbreaks, among other things. The campaign comes as workers across the US have…
Georgia’s GOP senators falsely claim election fraud just to stay in power
From today’s NBC News Online: We are a conservative and a centrist who — at various times in our careers — have served in significant federal government roles. From the…