lawsuits Man awarded $450,000 after his office threw an unwanted birthday party that gave him a panic attack Carla Sinclair
walmart Walmart fired a worker with Down syndrome. A judge just ordered it to rehire her. Rob Beschizza
workers Whatever happened to the company that decided to pay all of its employees a $70K minimum wage? Thom Dunn
uk Coronavirus: UK will pay 80% of lost wages for those laid off due to COVID-19 outbreak Xeni Jardin
Business Netflix launches $100 million coronavirus relief fund to help jobless cast and crew Xeni Jardin
Journalism VICTORY! New Free File rules ban tax-prep firms from hiding their offerings, allow IRS to compete with them (a love-letter to Propublica) Cory Doctorow
Business Bird Scooter reportedly lost $100m in three months, needs more capital to stay afloat Cory Doctorow
e-scooters Injured man sues to get name of e-scooter rider who committed hit-and-run Mark Frauenfelder
detroit Detroit charter school salutatorians use their graduation speeches to condemn their school for putting profits before kids Cory Doctorow
Business For the first time since the 70s, New York State is set to enshrine sweeping tenants' protections Cory Doctorow
corruption Text-mining journalists find that lawmakers introduced 10,000 bills that were copypasted from lobbyists' "model legislation" Cory Doctorow
Copyfight Florida's prisons change tech providers, wipe out $11.2m worth of music purchased by prisoners Cory Doctorow
late stage capitalism Americans have no savings, with good reason: housing, education and health care costs are out of control, wages are stagnant, and the Fed has suppressed interest rates Cory Doctorow
