Can a sophisticated platform cooperative help minimize exploitive working conditions in the gig economy, even during the pandemic? Continue reading A Fair Wage and Ownership for Immigrants

Lockdown exacerbated addiction in the U.S., while in Mexico, cartels dig into their turfs with charity and curfews, and put violent pressure on a vulnerable government. Continue reading How Mexico’s Drug Cartels are Profiting From the Pandemic

He is a judicial minimalist who seeks to avoid sweeping decisions with disruptive effects. Continue reading This Is the Real John Roberts

Welcome to the post-Protestant Reformation. Continue reading The Religious Roots of a New Progressive Era

Removing statues that glorify the Confederacy from public spaces is one thing. Our history is another. Continue reading The Confederate Monuments We Shouldn’t Tear Down

At this point, we know what we’re getting. Can America be persuaded to sign up for it again? Continue reading Trump’s Beliefs Are Carved in Stone

Trump has gone to the well one time too many. Continue reading Maybe This Isn’t Such a Good Time to Prosecute a Culture War

The seamstresses of Chanel, Dior and more formed a network to make face masks in quarantine. They’re not done working together. Continue reading In Paris, Haute Couture Face Masks for All

Claire Babineaux-Fontenot, the chief executive of Feeding America, is trying to meet a huge surge in demand. A $100 million contribution from Jeff Bezos helped. Continue reading Raised in a (Very) Crowded House, Now Feeding the Hungry in a Pandemic

Here we are, wondering aloud about the oversight capabilities of hotel franchises, and what powers they can exert over their thousands of individual owners. Thanks Covid-19. Continue reading Help! I’m Owed a Refund, But the Hotel Owner Refuses to Budge