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Prop 22

Drivers Are Protesting a Proposition 22 Clone In Massachusetts

As legislation that exempts gig companies like Uber from classifying workers as employees spreads nationwide, drivers in Boston are fighting for their rights.
Edward Ongweso Jr
3.4.21
Places

Flights and Hotels Are Getting Booked Up Thanks to Vaccine Excitement

As excitement (or perhaps overconfidence) about the vaccine rises, people are gearing up to travel.
Hannah Smothers
3.4.21
qanon

This Small Town Shows How QAnon Is Quietly Going Mainstream

A GOP operative saw an opportunity for a new kind of candidate in a tiny town in Washington State.
David Gilbert
3.4.21
Afghanistan

Why I’m Making Peace With the Taliban

Fawzia Koofi is one of only a handful of Afghan women taking part in a peace talk process that is teetering on the brink of collapse, potentially leading to years of yet more bloodshed.
Mohammed Rasool
3.4.21
mind

This Radical Gratitude Instagram Account Is the Antidote to Self-Help Gloom

The 20-year-old behind @afffirmations wants Instagram to become a hub for positivity and gratitude, not studious self-diagnosis.
Katie Way
3.4.21
childcare

GOP Rejects Childcare Money in Idaho for Very Modern Reason: Moms Should Stay Home

The state could have had $6 million in free federal money to support childcare and early childhood education, but no.
Paul Blest
3.4.21
george floyd

Derek Chauvin’s Murder Trial Starts Next Week and Minneapolis Looks Like a War Zone

The city is putting up prison-style barbed-wire and high-security fences everywhere.
Samir Ferdowsi
3.4.21
migration

Britain's Anti-Migrant Rules Are Risking People's Lives

People without British citizenship have been hit the hardest by job losses during the pandemic, and they often do not have any option of state support.
Luke Butterly
3.4.21
stimulus money

Looks Like College Students Are Getting $1,400 Stimulus Checks for the First Time

Or rather, their parents will get that extra cash, per the Democrats’ $1.9 trillion economic rescue plan, set to be debated by the Senate any minute now.
Greg Walters
3.4.21
zombies

CDC’s Zombie Apocalypse Preparedness Guide: The Blog That Will Not Die

The CDC published a blog post about zombies 10 years ago and news outlets simply will not shut up about it.
Jason Koebler
3.4.21
TRANS RIGHTS

How England Became an ‘Alarming’ Outlier in Its Treatment of Trans Children

VICE World News speaks to medical professionals from around the world about the regression of trans rights in England and Wales.
Ruby Lott-Lavigna
3.4.21
vehicular manslaughter

Tennessee Lawmakers Want to Make It Nice and Legal to Run Over Protesters

The bill would also make virtually any protest a potential felony.
Aaron Gordon
3.4.21
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