For Project Syndicate, I wrote about the attempt by Uber, Lyft, Instacart, etc. to legalize their unlawful business model in Massachusetts--to the detriment of drivers, high-road rivals, and the state's labor market standards project-syndicate.org/commentary/ube…

What's so great about this artist explaining how Ticketmaster/Live Nation works is that he's describing the same scheme that pharmacists, cattle ranchers, publishers, Hollywood producers, farmers, and endless other people who work for a living have to deal with against their

Will the Supreme Court greenlight cruelty and criminalization of unhoused people? My new article on the Grants Pass case in The Hill : Criminalizing the homeless is bad policy

To understand the Fearless Fund ruling and how the right is co-opting civil rights law aimed at ending the anti-Black caste system and using it to wipe out racial justice efforts, I’d humbly suggest you read my NYT Magazine cover story on the colorblindness trap.

Fantastic deep dive by David Dayen into surveillance pricing and the dystopia of the "fine-graining of data and the isolation of consumers." prospect.org/economy/2024-0…

"The Palestinian photographer Saif Kwasmi, who was attacked on Wednesday by Jewish youths participating in the flag march in Jerusalem, was detained by police for a few hours later. As far as is known, the police did not arrest any of Kwasmi's attackers." haaretz.com/israel-news/20…

I really wish rich, out-of-touch folks who nothing about education would just stop. 1) Read the fine print. THIS IS A GOVT VOUCHER PROGRAM. Voucher programs have not been shown to improve results for poor Black children because most cannot get into high-quality private schools.

A miscarriage of justice. The Oklahoma Supreme Court has affirmed the dismissal of a lawsuit brought by the last two known survivors, Lessie Benningfield Randle and Viola Ford Fletcher, of the Tulsa Race Massacre. nytimes.com/2024/06/12/us/…

if beach PARKING is free today the #6, A, B, D, F, N, Q and S trains, and the B1, B4, B36, B44, B49, B64, B68, B74, BM3, Bx12, BxM8, Q22, Q35, Q52, Q53, Q114, QM16, QM17, S51, S52, S76, S81, S86, SIM5, SIM6, and SIM9 buses should all be free too since they take people to beaches

“I’m a middle-aged Black man. I’ve got all of these degrees, I’ve won cases at the Supreme Court – and I still go to places where I’m viewed as less than, where I’m presumed to be the defendant, or presumed to be dangerous, just because of the way I appear. And that’s a heavy

An unspoken secret in Congress is that much of the reflexive, blind, unconditional vote support for nearly any Israeli gov action isn’t from actual agreement. It’s from fear. Reps are terrified of this ⬇️. Of AIPAC. So they don’t vote their conscience. They vote their fear.

It was incredible to see the SAFE 4 Kids Act and the Child Data Protection Act signed today. I worked on the bills while I was at NY AG James w her superstar team. Thank you Senator Andrew Gounardes and Nily Rozic 李羅莎 for your dogged leadership against big money & lies--and your words today.

Y’all better listen to this icon’s stories. Some of you want to engage in a nostalgia that erases the horrors and degradation of American apartheid in order to tell a feel-good story of progress. Reggie Jackson refused to allow it. We cannot move on as so many want until we tell

Why are we allowing public officials to be unnamed in stories such as this? What is journalistically useful about publishing an anonymously sourced, non-essential, gossipy story? How does this help our already strained credibility? The journalistic ethics I was taught said we

Jonathan Kanter is such a great public servant and a ferocious litigator for the public.

NEW: Alabama is farming out incarcerated people to work at hundreds of companies, including McDonald’s & Wendy’s. The state takes 40% of wages and often denies parole to keep people as cheap labor. Getting written up can lead to solitary confinement. This is modern day slavery.

Voters say inflation is their number one issue. Lina Khan, the youngest ever to chair the Federal Trade Commission, thinks that corporate consolidation helps drive prices up on everything from food to concert tickets. cbsn.ws/3XAJJob

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