NYC is about to regulate AI in hiring. Critics say the new law doesn’t do much
Why Local Law 144 isn't just a missed opportunity, but dangerous.
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What if we made It easier for renters to buy their buildings?
A new bill in Albany would give tenants the right to purchase their buildings — and the funding to do it.
‘It’s legal, there’s just no precedent’: the first US town to demand a rent decrease
When housing prices soared in Kingston, it tried something no other city had ever done.
Starbucks fired a union organizer. New York City got him rehired
Austin Locke was sacked days after he helped unionize workers. A monumental new labor law means he’s back on the job.
Does New York’s Chinatown Really Need an Arch?
New York has approved funding for the city's first Chinatown gate. Not everyone is happy.
‘The worst it’s ever been’: mysterious US Adderall shortage puts ADHD patients at risk
Here's what's really behind the stimulant shortage.
Hong Kong and neoliberalism
My chapter in Verso's 'The China Question: Toward Left Perspectives' (2022)
The crumbling building where no one claims to be the landlord
The strange case of a Crown Heights building that no landlord claims to own.
‘Freedom in China is precious’: Tiananmen Square protest veteran salutes new generation
For Chinese former democracy leaders, it’s been emotional to watch mass protests erupt anew.
The other New York: how Republicans made ‘shocking’ gains in the empire state
Why the midterm "red wave" surfaced in immigrant-heavy southern Brooklyn.
What happens when you house more than 1,000 refugees on a cruise ship?
Temporary cruise-ship housing for migrants has become a real trend — does it work?
They built ‘The Woks of Life’ from home. Now they’re cooking things up from a new one
It feels like part of a modern Chinese American fantasy.
Mastodon gained 70,000 users after Musk’s Twitter takeover. I joined them
Tech-savvy users are rallying around Mastodon — here's how it works.
Why one Chinatown mini-mall languishes while another thrives
How do you save a community mall when its intended community is gone?
How delivery workers won their first charging hub
"It makes me think nothing is impossible,” said Gustavo Ajche, founder of Los Deliveristas Unidos.
The AI startup erasing call center worker accents
New software can make overseas call center workers sound American — but at what cost?
Can ‘chief vibes officers’ keep things positive amid the crypto collapse?
The goal is to shore up the vibes as prices go down.
Night in Hong Kong
In the wake of Hong Kong's protests is a painful stillness.
Jay-Z’s bitcoin school met with skepticism in his former housing project
“People looking to make money, not lose it.”
‘This can’t be real’: Grubhub promotion turns New York City restaurants into a ‘war zone’
A food delivery platform Grubhub went badly awry – and proved there’s really no such thing as a free lunch.
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