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Austin, Texas voters have rejected a measure called Proposition 1 that would have shielded ride-hail drivers from stricter background checks, and now Uber and Lyft are threatening to cease operations entirely in the city. Uber says it will “stop” its Austin operations at 8AM Monday though it’s unclear if that’s a permanent withdrawal. Lyft says…
Number of mothers in the U.S.: 43.5 million Percentage of people in the U.S. who celebrate Mother’s Day: 84 Percentage of private sector workers without access to paid family leave: 88 Number of weeks new parents can take off under New York’s recently passed paid leave law: 12 Average out-of-pocket cost per week to employees…
So many stories in presidential politics, in all politics, are more sound and fury than substance. This one isn’t. It’s hard to overstate how big a deal it is. Donald Trump caught a lot of grief during the primaries for putting several of his companies through bankruptcies during his career. He’s also made a point…
I have to admit, it was not an easy decision to sue the New York Times, the company where I have worked for eight years in the advertising division. I’m a black woman in my 60s, and I’m currently battling multiple myeloma. But in recent years I have had a front-row seat to the Times’s…
The national suicide rate is at its highest in nearly 30 years. Why? (Photo: Silvia Sala/Flickr) So much for a country built on boundless optimism. More Americans are committing suicide now than at any other time in the last 30 years, according to a new analysis by the National Center for Health Statistics. The NCHS…
Two New York Times employees are suing the newspaper, citing “an environment rife with discrimination based on age, race, and gender”. The class action lawsuit comes the same week that Curt Schilling accused ESPN of a culture of racism. Schilling was recently fired from his role as a commentator at the sports channel after making…
Vice’s UK arm has rejected a push for union recognition by a group of staff, bucking a growing trend that has seen unionisation at digital media businesses including the outlet’s main base in the US. At a meeting held in London on Tuesday, Vice UK staff were told that the National Union of Journalists would…
Rarely a day goes by where I don’t hear some politician or pundit claim that the American Dream has become unattainable for too many. It’s also a common theme in my Facebook feed. Sometimes the culprit is student debt. Sometimes it’s static wages, or the disappearance of pensions and manufacturing jobs. Sometimes it’s how predatory…
As part of the landmark $100 million settlement agreed to last night, Uber says drivers will now be allowed to ask for tips. Which means everyone, even you, will now have to tip their drivers. Forever. Probably in cash, since there’s no way to do it in the app. extended entry your rating as a rider…
If you’re a freelance writer, the majority of your editors are probably male and the majority of your colleagues are probably female. That’s not just an anecdotal generalization. The American Society of News Editors (ASNE)’s latest report showed that, on average, women make up only 37 percent of newsroom staffs and hold only 35 percent of supervisor roles….