Fast food workers aren't the only victims. Wage theft is rampant across the labor force, and much of it is legal
Whether we realize it or not, a lack of violence or porn in social networks is no happy accident, Adrian Chen says
Tuesday, Nov 4, 2014 5:43 PM UTC 0"They're more eating a concept than they're eating insects"
Monday, Nov 3, 2014 9:10 PM UTC 0The economist assails the notion that a business background confers special economic expertise
Monday, Nov 3, 2014 1:45 PM UTC 0“Dispatches Against Displacement” author James Tracy on fighting to keep cities from becoming rich-only playgrounds
Sunday, Nov 2, 2014 4:00 PM UTC 0Harvard Law's Ben Sachs tells Salon his idea to bring the fast-food wars to a negotiated, mutually beneficial peace
Friday, Oct 31, 2014 4:52 PM UTC 0GMOs: All the cool kids are doing it
Thursday, Oct 30, 2014 7:50 PM UTC 0The high court's view that money doesn't corrupt collapses under scrutiny
Thursday, Oct 30, 2014 3:02 PM UTC 0After relying on out-of-court settlements to skirt big consequences, banks have finally met their match. Here's why
Tuesday, Oct 28, 2014 10:59 AM UTC 0The U.S. has spent $7.6 billion on counternarcotics, and the country's opium industry is now bigger than ever
Sunday, Oct 26, 2014 7:00 PM UTC 0People with money know how to speak money. To win the debate, we must first learn their language. Here's how
Sunday, Oct 26, 2014 4:30 PM UTC 0Reports reveal the multinational has been pumping cash into Mitch McConnell and John Cornyn's Senate campaigns
Saturday, Oct 25, 2014 4:00 PM UTC 0The disease has landed in New York City, and a few online retailers are cashing in on the resulting panic
Saturday, Oct 25, 2014 2:00 PM UTC 0Unrest in the Pacific Northwest threatens a provision of federal wage law protecting American farm workers
Saturday, Oct 25, 2014 2:21 AM UTC 0The "sharing economy" makes Silicon Valley rich and takes from the rest of us. We ignore this at our imminent peril
Friday, Oct 24, 2014 10:59 AM UTC 0New research reveals the superrich have grabbed half the world's resources -- and their wealth is only growing
Thursday, Oct 23, 2014 10:30 AM UTC 0Publishers aren't perfect. But no one who cares about a diverse literary marketplace can actually side with Amazon
Wednesday, Oct 22, 2014 10:59 PM UTC 0Despite having a job, I forgo electricity in the summer. My car was repossessed. My day-to-day life would shock you
Tuesday, Oct 21, 2014 10:58 AM UTC 0Amazon fans and foes often talk past each other without engaging. Here, two fierce writers make their best case
Monday, Oct 20, 2014 10:59 PM UTC 0Streaming services may make more hot shows available to you -- but there are only so many subscriptions you'll want
Monday, Oct 20, 2014 4:36 PM UTC 0Wading into the debate over the online retailer's growing power, Krugman assails its "undue influence"
Monday, Oct 20, 2014 12:45 PM UTC 0Amazon drives down wages, avoids taxes and destroys intellectual life, while profiting from government subsidies
Saturday, Oct 18, 2014 12:00 PM UTC 0Young people and their future families are being bankrupted. Here's a radical response to the heist of the century
Saturday, Oct 18, 2014 10:30 AM UTC 0The Chamber of Commerce and business front groups are losing the sick leave battle. Here's how they're responding
Friday, Oct 17, 2014 5:00 PM UTC 0New hot take celebrating the behemoth is a great example of how elites justify inequality and oppression
Thursday, Oct 16, 2014 6:27 PM UTC 0S.F. Bay Guardian and Providence Phoenix publish final issues, and Amazon is among the many reasons why
Thursday, Oct 16, 2014 4:00 PM UTC 0Author Jeff Madrick explains why so many dubious, false and outright nonsensical ideas dominate public discourse
Thursday, Oct 16, 2014 3:45 PM UTC 0Four N.C. schools have hired the same company to run their day-to-day operations. One businessman is cashing in
Thursday, Oct 16, 2014 11:15 AM UTC 0While the nation fixates on congressional midterm results, here's what Big Money's front group has its eye on
Thursday, Oct 16, 2014 11:00 AM UTC 0Banks are literally setting up shop in public high schools in poorer communities. Here's what they're really after
Thursday, Oct 16, 2014 10:58 AM UTC 0As Amazon wars heat up, the New York Times strikes an odd tone in two pieces filled with faux-"balance"
Wednesday, Oct 15, 2014 8:32 PM UTC 0The world's richest man weighs in on the French economist's seminal treatise on economic inequality
Tuesday, Oct 14, 2014 10:33 PM UTC 0Wells Fargo engaged in awful, deceptive practices. For its sins, it engaged in a settlement that brought... profits
Tuesday, Oct 14, 2014 10:59 AM UTC 0The company's making a push for transparency, but leaves a lot of important questions unanswered
Monday, Oct 13, 2014 4:42 PM UTC 0Two class action lawsuits allege that the company's practices are far from kind
Monday, Oct 13, 2014 4:18 PM UTC 0A teacher in Massachusetts spoke up when his students' rights were being violated. Here's how he paid the price
Monday, Oct 13, 2014 10:59 AM UTC 0The U.S. government is increasingly using sanctions to choke off energy-producing states it deems a hostile threat
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