Outside of the corporate offices and backlots of Netflix, Disney, NBC, Universal, and Warner Brothers, masses of protestors stand with signs that range from serious to hilarious, all with the same message: writers need to be fairly paid for their work. Corporate media...
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Jobs Drop Latino Life Expectancy
Work is killing Latinos. Loss of life expectancy due to COVID, especially for marginalized groups, has become a common trope in the mainstream media. The reality for Latinos counters these assumptions. Their life expectancy began declining long before COVID. That...
Artificial Intelligence, Natural Justice, and Tom Paine’s Unfinished Revolution
Among revolutionary thinkers, Thomas Paine (1737-1809) is one of the most famous. In the current era of robotic automation and artificial intelligence, Paine’s argument for ever-greater sharing of society’s riches is worth thinking about. How can Paine’s writings from...
Kellogg’s Workers Strike for Wages as Executives Profit
Kellogg’s factory workers are continuing to strike for fair wages as the company employs aggressive anti-union measures against them. The union rejected a deal after two months of negotiations, and the company has recently announced its plans to hire replacement...
Labor Day Headlines Dodge Workers’ Rights as Pandemic Aid Ends
Unemployment benefits that were implemented to aid workers during the pandemic ended September 6, coinciding with Labor Day. On September 3, the Department of Labor released its weekly unemployment insurance (UI) report, the last before pandemic benefits ended, giving...