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December 1, 2023

Brazil’s Politicians, Unions, and Workers Can’t Agree on How To Protect Gig Labor

Lais Martins rest of world

A photo of a worker picking up a food order from the street to deliver at a window.

Brazil President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva took on gig work platforms. “We’re not against someone working [by] delivering food on a bike,” said Lula during a union event. “We’re against them not having rights."

December 1, 2023

Friday Nite Videos | December 1, 2023: Five Good Things in 2023

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What Election Day 2023 Says About Election Day 2024. A Historic Strike (and Win) for Auto Workers. A Look Back at the COVID-19 Pandemic. Democrats Seize on Winning Formula for 2024. Progressive Judge Wins Wisconsin Supreme Court Seat.

What Election Day 2023 Says About Election Day 2024

December 1, 2023

Democracy was on the ballot this past Election Day — and it won

A Historic Strike (and Win) for Auto Workers

December 1, 2023

Neal E. Boudette, who covers the auto industry for The Times, discusses the historic deal and why it was such a big win for workers.

A Look Back at the COVID-19 Pandemic

December 1, 2023

The global Covid-19 pandemic receded to endemic, but left a deadly legacy. We revisit hotspots in Italy and Brazil.

Democrats Seize on Winning Formula for 2024

December 1, 2023

Voter initiatives to put abortion on state ballots looks like a winning formula for 2024

Progressive Judge Wins Wisconsin Supreme Court Seat

December 1, 2023

The Wisconsin Supreme Court is expected to weigh in not only on abortion, but on gerrymandering and voting access, with the huge potential to national impact

December 1, 2023

Taking Sides

Irwin Keller

California Rabbi Irwin Keller chooses no sides in the wars but pleads for unconditional peace.

November 30, 2023

Tidbits – Nov.30, 2023 – Reader Comments: Can Pause Become Ceasefire; Social Security; Resources: Film Information on the Background of the Palestine/Israel; Cartoons; More…

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Reader Comments: Can Pause Become Ceasefire; Social Security; Resources: Film Information on the Background of the Palestine/Israel; Cartoons; more...

November 30, 2023

‘A Mass Assassination Factory’: Inside Israel’s Calculated Bombing of Gaza

Yuval Abraham +972 Magazine

Permissive airstrikes on non-military targets and the use of an artificial intelligence system have enabled the Israeli army to carry out its deadliest war on Gaza, a +972 and Local Call investigation reveals.