technology
The app economy—Can “gig” workers be organized?
April 29, 2019Unions and organizers need to devise practicable strategies that allow workers to organize, win, and build enough power to force companies to adapt and change.
Read moreWhy Facebook should be publicly owned
March 1, 2019Corporations are inherently selfish institutions, and Facebook is no exception. Its agenda is nothing more grand than the pursuit of money and users.
Read moreSprint-T-Mobile merger an attack on people of color and the poor
January 30, 2019Imagine you’re a teenager in Chicago’s South Shore neighborhood, doing your homework on your phone…and then you can’t, because your mobile phone carrier pulled out.
Read morePrison podcast sheds light on life behind bars
January 3, 2019The podcast “Ear Hustle”— eavesdropping, in prison slang—has found international success and secured freedom for one of its co-hosts.
Read moreAT&T workers protest tech job outsourcing
December 4, 2018Jobs are being outsourced to contractors in the Philippines and India who pay workers $2-3 an hour, a tenth of union wages in the U.S.
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