anime Why are Japanese animators forced to live in poverty? Gareth Branwyn

Business New York City raised minimum wage to $15, and its restaurants outperformed the nation Cory Doctorow

Business Bernie Sanders' new bill will force companies to reimburse governments for low-paid employees' welfare costs Cory Doctorow

donald trump Bernie Sanders excoriates the Dems Jennifer Sandlin

wealth disparity Idle rich baffled by poor people's distaste for dangerous, low-paying jobs Mark Frauenfelder

All-One The story behind Dr. Bronner's, the soap company that's been fascinating people for 75 years Jennifer Sandlin

music In conversation: Cardi B and Bernie Sanders Cory Doctorow

Business Bird Scooter reportedly lost $100m in three months, needs more capital to stay afloat Cory Doctorow

aoc Bipartisan groups call on Congress to reinstate the Office of Technology Assessment, which Gingrich killed in 1995 Cory Doctorow

finance Sanders and AOC team up for an anti-loansharking bill that will replace payday lenders with post-office banking Cory Doctorow

Democrats Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez will pay every staffer a living wage, ending the longstanding practice of Congressional staffers taking second jobs Cory Doctorow

religion LA's teachers are ready to strike on Tuesday, rejecting privatization of public education Cory Doctorow

class war Unpacking the US's "low unemployment": stagnant wages, bad jobs, high incarceration, discouraged workers back in school Cory Doctorow

science fiction Charlie Stross on the "soft genocide" of eugenics-tainted, alt-right climate dystopia Cory Doctorow

class war Leaked docs reveal Koch/Walton/DeVos's anti-teacher talking points Cory Doctorow

politics Bernie Sanders' Democratic National Convention speech Xeni Jardin

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