Japan Steal $7, lose $84,000 Ellsworth Toohey

labor Wall Street Journal complains about workers using their sick days Thom Dunn

books "Under The Banner of King Death" puts pirates in their place — in the history of workers' rights Thom Dunn

Technology Theft of CIA's 'Vault 7' hacking tools in 2016 resulted from "woefully lax" security, new report says Xeni Jardin

law Identity theft's newest target: your face Albert Fox Cahn

Business Amazon will raise its minimum wage for employees to $15 (what about contractors?) Cory Doctorow

late stage capitalism The US workforce is the most productive, best educated in history and unemployment is at an all-time low, but wages are stagnant Cory Doctorow

trump Republicans and Trump kill anti-wage-theft rule, will funnel your taxes to companies that rob and endanger workers Cory Doctorow

politics Puzder to withdraw labor secretary nomination, as Team Trump fails and flails Xeni Jardin

Culture The invasion boards that set out to ruin lives Jay Allen