Seth Harris, who co-authored an early blueprint of what Uber and Lyft would adopt in California’s Prop 22, is back in the White House in a labor policy position.
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Posted inPolitics
Why Katie Porter Isn’t on the House Financial Services Committee
Committee Chair Maxine Waters appears to have a problem with fierce questioning and progressive financial reform.
Posted inCoronavirus
Why COVID-19 Has Run Amok in Los Angeles
The jam-packed living arrangements of frontline workers in an unaffordable housing market are partly to blame.
Posted inBooks, Arts and Culture
‘Mank’ Is Fake News About Fake News
But by inventing a plot point in his biopic about Herman J. Mankiewicz, David Fincher creates an inadvertent truth about our political moment.
Posted inCoronavirus
Unsanitized: The Battle of Los Angeles
The nation’s biggest county has the biggest COVID outbreak. Plus, a memorial to the dead. This is The COVID-19 Daily Report for January 19, 2021.
Posted inWorking in America
Prop 22 Is Here, and It’s Already Worse Than Expected
Not only are gig companies gouging workers and consumers, but traditional firms are benefiting from the substandard labor regime as well.
Posted inPolitics
Covering Politics, Police Unions…and the Movies
Prospect Editor at Large Harold Meyerson’s 2020 favorites
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A Long, Tough Year of Favorites
Prospect Deputy Editor Gabrielle Gurley’s Best of 2020
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The State of the Party and Where Biden Can Take It
Prospect Staff Writer Alexander Sammon’s Best of 2020
Posted inCabinet Watch
Will California’s Julie Su Be Biden’s Labor Secretary?
If he appoints her, she’d be the 21st-century Frances Perkins.
