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BREAKING: The FTC Just Banned Noncompete Agreements
One in five American workers are restricted by noncompetes. We spoke exclusively to FTC Chair Lina Khan about the landmark rule.
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The Department of Labor Just Gave Millions of Workers Overtime Pay
If you make under $58,656, you will soon be entitled to overtime.
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Even Bankers Are Worried About Private Equity
“Is this the outcome we want?” Jamie Dimon asked. Plus our business news round-up.
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BREAKING: Volkswagen Workers in Tennessee Win a Union, Making History
In a landslide vote, workers in Chattanooga have won the first U.S. union at a non-union car company in decades. The VW election could alter the auto…
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State Lawmakers Prepare to Force Fossil Fuel Companies to Pay for Climate Change
Vermont and California are moving to redirect the financial burden of climate change back to those who helped cause it.
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New Guidelines Could Warn Against Ultra-Processed Food. The Food Conglomerates Don’t Want That.
Plus our business round-up: trouble for the egg industry, and putting the historic East Palestine settlement in context.
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Hawaii Moves to Ban Short-Term Rentals to Address Housing Crisis
A state with one of the worst affordable housing shortages in the country is poised to severely limit Airbnb rentals.
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BREAKING: Mercedes Workers In Alabama Stand Up to Vote on a Union
For the second time in three weeks, workers at a major auto plant in the South have called for a union election amid UAW's historic organizing drive.
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The Energy Bills Are Too Damn High
Utility companies keep hiking rates. How long until there are political consequences?
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The Evil Company Buying Subway (And the Rest of Your Favorite Chains)
Roark Capital has made billions exploiting 1.4 million workers, fighting minimum wage laws, and stealing workers' pay.
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Republicans Have a New Favorite Union-Busting Tool
Amid an organizing renewal in the South, GOP politicians are pressuring bosses to union-bust. Plus more in our state news round-up.

March 2024

Drug Runs, Drive-Bys, and Carjackings: When Rideshare Drivers Get Attacked, Uber & Lyft Tend to Go Silent
At age 24, Ayub Mohamad was left paralyzed for life by a Lyft passenger. The company has offered no support, financial or otherwise.
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