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The California Labor Commissioner's Office fines Amazon $5.9M for violating a 2022 state law by failing to properly inform workers of quotas at two warehouses (Caroline O'Donovan/Washington Post)
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Amazon fined $5.9 million for breaking labor law in California
The company is among the first to run afoul of a union-backed law aimed at protecting warehouse workers from aggressive productivity quotas.

Why Mexico City’s water crisis is causing it to sink - The Washington Post
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Why Mexico City’s thirst is causing it to sink
The demand for water in Mexico’s capital is draining its underground aquifers — and fueling some of the fastest subsidence rates in the world.

Mexico City’s thirst is causing it to sink

The demand for water in Mexico’s capital is draining its underground aquifers
— and fueling some of the fastest subsidence rates in the world
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-env

Why Mexico City’s thirst is causing it to sink
The demand for water in Mexico’s capital is draining its underground aquifers — and fueling some of the fastest subsidence rates in the world.

Commanders agree to $1.3 million settlement following Virginia season ticket deposit investigation https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5574449/2024/06/18/commanders-season-ticket-settlement-virginia/

Commanders agree to $1.3 million settlement following Virginia season ticket deposit investigation
Washington agreed to the settlement following allegations the organization neglected to return ticket deposits and other fees.

"Following her lecture, Maria Todorova discusses with sociologist Manuela Boatca whether and to what extent (de)colonization theories can be made productive in Eastern European studies. The focus is the question of whether all empires can automatically be regarded as colonial." #Osteuropa #Imperium

Panel discussion | Imperial Rule and Colonial Experience: Eastern Europe in the Global Context | L.I.S.A. WISSENSCHAFTSPORTAL GERDA HENKEL STIFTUNG
Following her lecture, Maria Todorova discusses with sociologist sociologist Manuela Boatca whether and to what extent (de)colonization theories can be made productive in Eastern European studies. The focus is the question of whether all empires can automatically be regarded as colonial. Boatca argues with the concept of coloniality (Anibal Quijano), which refers to the fact that colonialism creates racial hierarchies, economic hierarchies, social hierarchies and cultural hierarchies that are s…

Oh, my - Washington state has had a law preventing convicted felons from running for office since 1865...any registered voter can challenge the right of a candidate for any of five causes, including being convicted of a felony.

Commanders agree to $1.3 million settlement following Virginia season ticket deposit investigation https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5574449/2024/06/18/commanders-season-ticket-settlement-virginia/

Commanders agree to $1.3 million settlement following Virginia season ticket deposit investigation
Washington agreed to the settlement following allegations the organization neglected to return ticket deposits and other fees.

"Following her lecture, Maria Todorova discusses with sociologist Manuela Boatca whether and to what extent (de)colonization theories can be made productive in Eastern European studies. The focus is the question of whether all empires can automatically be regarded as colonial." #Osteuropa #Imperium

Panel discussion | Imperial Rule and Colonial Experience: Eastern Europe in the Global Context | L.I.S.A. WISSENSCHAFTSPORTAL GERDA HENKEL STIFTUNG
Following her lecture, Maria Todorova discusses with sociologist sociologist Manuela Boatca whether and to what extent (de)colonization theories can be made productive in Eastern European studies. The focus is the question of whether all empires can automatically be regarded as colonial. Boatca argues with the concept of coloniality (Anibal Quijano), which refers to the fact that colonialism creates racial hierarchies, economic hierarchies, social hierarchies and cultural hierarchies that are s…

I’d wanted to interview Jennifer Harris for years.
She has been the quiet intellectual force behind the Biden administration’s economic policies,
and she seemed key to understanding why both parties in Washington had walked away from free trade and neoliberalism
— the belief that free markets will bring prosperity and democracy around the world.
These matters felt personal to me.
I spent much of the Trump administration following steelworkers in Indiana who los…

Opinion | Bidenomics: The Queen Bee Is Jennifer Harris
Jennifer Harris is the intellectual force driving the administration’s approach to trade and economic policies.