technology
Uber driver says: “You’d be better off working at McDonald’s”
August 8, 2017Many Uber drivers are on a debt-to-work pipeline, taking on significant financial risk to earn a wage. But they never know how much they'll make.
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Robot revolution: We have nothing to lose but our digital chains
March 31, 2017The automation and robotization of work raises plenty of concerns. But it need not be all doom and gloom, as technology could also improve work.
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A 1960s activist looks back: Organizing in the pre-Twitter era
March 30, 2017There’s no question social media is transforming the way movements are organized. But technology by itself has never overthrown a tyrant nor seized state power.
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Man and Nature: A powerful connection, now fractured
October 12, 2016“Probably no society has been so deeply alienated as ours from the community of nature."
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Welcome to the new PeoplesWorld.org
October 6, 2016Since 1924, our mission has been to bring our readers the news they need to not only understand the world, but to help change it.
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