When Should You Talk to Your Kids about Trump?
Small children are ignorant, but so is the president....
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Have Uber and Lyft Reduced Drunk Driving in San Francisco?
We dig into the data. TL;DR: it’s more complicated than you might think....
Amazon’s Second Headquarters May Create Jobs. But It Will Also Drive Inequality and Housing Crises.
Major cities the world over are in a tough position. A trend of increased income inequality has created bifurcated cities...
The iPhone X Proves How Tim Cook’s Apple Is Embracing the Rich
Ten percent of Americans earn half of all income—and Apple wants to appeal to them...
Love Your iPhone? Don’t Thank Apple. Thank the US Government.
Without public research funding, there’d be no iPhone — which makes Apple’s relentless tax dodging even more whack....
Why You Should Care about Vallejo’s Battle against the Orcem Cement Factory
Vallejo’s fight is emblematic of how industry seeks to control towns all over the Bay Area....
Will Federal Law Enforcement Crack Down on Burning Man?
Jeff Sessions is a-huntin’ some sittin’ ducks....
Apple’s $1B Manufacturing Fund Isn’t about Job Creation. It’s All for a Tax Deal.
Tim Cook’s announcement in May that Apple has created a $1 billion fund to support advanced manufacturing in the...
“Gross National Happiness Is a Lie”: Oakland’s Bhutanese Refugees Speak Out
“When I hear about Gross National Happiness, it’s heartbreaking. When the government of Bhutan or the people of Bhutan...
Silicon Valley’s Outsourcing Addiction
Tech companies use H-1B visas to exploit immigrant labor, but proposed changes could make it fairer for everyone...
Poor Students, Rich Landlords: How Santa Cruz’s Housing Shortage Turned into a Crisis
What do you get when you mix a university’s blind eye with greedy landlords who prey on naïve students?...
While Democrats Whine about Russia, Republicans Are Hacking Electoral Math to Secure Minority Rule for Decades to Come
Trump is a straw man — mass voter disenfranchisement is the GOP’s real crime....