security Stalkerware vendor Retina-X capitulates to vigilante hacker, shuts down "indefinitely" Cory Doctorow
class war Thousands of Oklahoma teachers, inspired by West Virginia, are planning a walkout Cory Doctorow
class war United axes its employee bonus program, replaces it with a lottery, saving millions Cory Doctorow
security Once again, a stalkerware company's had its servers pwned and wiped by a hacker who thinks they're selling an immoral product Cory Doctorow
Business The first-ever rigorous quantitative study of US artistic revenue from internet indies: 14.8M Americans earned $5.9B in 2016 Cory Doctorow
education Oklahoma schools go on 4-day weeks so teachers can work at Walmart on Mondays to make rent Cory Doctorow
class war Kimberly Clark says the Trump tax-cuts let it fire 5,500 US workers and pay out dividends to its shareholders Cory Doctorow
class war Short-termism led the Democratic Party to let unions die, and now they've lost their base Cory Doctorow
class war The world's richest 2000 billionaires could wipe out extreme poverty with one seventh of what they gained last year Cory Doctorow
class war California's lax usury laws means out-of-state loan sharks are charging desperate Californians 183% APRs Cory Doctorow
class war Apple, Google add 45 minutes to commuter-bus run to avoid 280 highway, where the buses' windows keep getting smashed Cory Doctorow
class war To keep their bond-ratings, hedge-funds have to publicly demonstrate that they are the most ruthless of landlords Cory Doctorow
class war Trump's "consumer protection bureau" will let the $50B payday lending industry gouge the poorest Americans with triple-digit interest rates Cory Doctorow
Business Marriott fires employee for "willfully liking" a tweet in support of Tibetan independence Cory Doctorow
censorship Peter Thiel, "libertarian," wants to buy Gawker's archive, which would give him the power to censor stories he didn't like Cory Doctorow
class war German steelworkers demand the right to take two years' worth of "work-life balance" 28-hour work weeks to look after children or aging parents Cory Doctorow
Kids Publicly funded private school creates "poor kids' playground" for kids whose parents wouldn't contribute to new playground equipment Cory Doctorow
youtube Teacher removed from public education meeting in handcuffs after asking why superintendents get raises but teachers don't Cory Doctorow
