Author: Erik Loomis
The always valuable David Bacon asks what is going to happen to the tens of thousands of undocumented indigenous Mexicans working in American fields as they age to the point.
Judy Gearhart, executive director of the International Labor Rights Forum, on the International Labour Organization devoting part of its condition on promoting decent work in global supply chains. The ILO.
Universal Basic Income had it's first electoral test earlier this week, when Swiss voters overwhelmingly rejected the idea. Now, I don't want to read too much into this, for several.
Interesting article on why so many gigantic tornadoes have hit Moore, Oklahoma in the last two decades. Of course, Moore is right in Tornado Alley but that says nothing about.
There's no good argument to be made that the United States can't get a handle on the global exploitation of labor by placing bans on products made under certain conditions.
The more one knows about Uber, the more shocking its corporate culture and behavior becomes. It needs more drivers with decent cars. So what is its solution? Offer drivers sub-prime.
I appreciate Serious Eats putting together a city beer brawl, so various cities' partisans can fight it out publicly. But if you are going to do it, can we be.
Example A) Texas leaving billions on the table because it won't expand medical care, dooming its poor to illness and death. Example B) The impending disaster in Illinois, most notably.