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Business Ben & Jerry's on Black Lives Matter and the police killing of George Floyd: We Must Dismantle White Supremacy Xeni Jardin
privacy Facial recognition isn't just bad because it invades privacy: it's because privacy invasions fuel discrimination Cory Doctorow
late stage capitalism Manhattan: a city of empty luxury condos and overflowing homeless shelters Cory Doctorow
racism Zuck's personal head of security resigns after allegations of homophobia, transphobia, "pervasive discriminatory conduct," and "horrific levels of sexual harassment and battery" Cory Doctorow
antitrust To help the news business, subject Big Tech to antitrust — but don't forget Big News's antitrust problem Cory Doctorow
Business Structural Separation: antitrust's tried-and-true weapon for monopolists who bottleneck markets Cory Doctorow
Business Nordstrom removes $790 Gucci 'Indy Turban' that looks identical to Sikh headwear Xeni Jardin
Business After #MeToo, whole industries have been blacklisted by insurers for sexual harassment liability coverage Cory Doctorow
trumpism Charter slashes network spending by $2B, but makes up for it by charging its customers more Cory Doctorow
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economics Nobel-winning economist Joe Stiglitz on how the US economy became a "rigged, inherited plutocracy" and how to fix it Cory Doctorow
late stage capitalism The paradox of good government: the best stuff works well and is thus unnoticeable (and therefore easy to sell off) Cory Doctorow
books Study: Publishers sell books written by women for less than those written by men Seamus Bellamy
net neutrality Documenting the laughable lies the FCC told at the hearing where it killed Net Neutrality Cory Doctorow
Business "One price to all" has been the default since 1840, but online retail is sneakily killing it off Cory Doctorow
usausausa Monopoly capitalism destroyed American black businesses, which provided safe employment for civil rights activists Cory Doctorow
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