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The Future of the Gig Economy Is on the Ballot

The Future of the Gig Economy Is on the Ballot The Future of the Gig Economy Is on the Ballot

California’s Prop 22 would make the misclassification of Uber and Lyft drivers permanent.

Oct 9, 2020 / Wilfred Chan

Tom Tomorrow cartoon

We’re Living in a Simulation We’re Living in a Simulation

Someone’s making all of this up, right?

Oct 8, 2020 / Tom Tomorrow

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The Prisoners Who Were Convicted by Hung Juries The Prisoners Who Were Convicted by Hung Juries

In Louisiana, at least 1,601 people are still incarcerated on the basis of a Jim Crow–era law allowing for conviction by a nonunanimous verdict.

Oct 8, 2020 / Zoé Chevalier

A woman walks past a severely damaged house surrounded by debris

Captive of the Caucasus: The Long War Over Nagorno-Karabakh Captive of the Caucasus: The Long War Over Nagorno-Karabakh

How a little-understood war between Azerbaijan and Armenia threatens democracy.

Oct 8, 2020 / Viken Berberian

Senator Kamala Harris at the vice presidential debate, in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Kamala Harris Made It Look Easy. It Wasn’t. Kamala Harris Made It Look Easy. It Wasn’t.

Harris needed to show us she could beat Vice President Mike Pence—and stay smiling. She did that and more.

Oct 8, 2020 / Joan Walsh

Kamala Harris looks to her left.

Kamala Harris Put Mike Pence in His Place Kamala Harris Put Mike Pence in His Place

She dictated the terms of the debate, and she knew exactly how to handle the vice president’s efforts to talk over her.

Oct 8, 2020 / Sasha Abramsky

Trump’s Taxing History

Trump’s Taxing History Trump’s Taxing History

A president in debt, and America pays.

Oct 8, 2020 / OppArt / J.T. Williamson

Scott Atlas sits in a chair

Focused Protection, Herd Immunity, and Other Deadly Delusions Focused Protection, Herd Immunity, and Other Deadly Delusions

Abandoning solidarity for the siren song of age-targeted reopening is a political error and a medical mistake.

Oct 8, 2020 / Gregg Gonsalves

Sochie Nnaemeka

Your Vote Can Help Save the Working Families Party Your Vote Can Help Save the Working Families Party

WFP needs 130,000 votes on this November's ballot to survive Cuomo's attacks in New York.

Oct 8, 2020 / The Editors

How the Theatrics of Banning TikTok Enables Repression at Home

How the Theatrics of Banning TikTok Enables Repression at Home How the Theatrics of Banning TikTok Enables Repression at Home

If US politicians were sincerely concerned about Chinese state violence, they would also be implicating the Silicon Valley companies that profit from the surveillance of Uighurs.

Oct 8, 2020 / Xiaowei Wang

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