Instacart Is Losing Its Argument That Contractors Aren’t Employees
Levine Roberts/ZUMA Last year, San Diego City Attorney Mara Elliott sued Instacart—the nearly $8 billion dollar grocery delivery service for misclassifying employees as independent contractors. Late Monday, a state judge agreed, ruling that shoppers in San Diego should likely be considered full-time employees. This landmark ruling makes clear that Instacart employees have been misclassified as…
New Survey Suggests Bernie Can Win Only With Enormous Youth Turnout
I understand that the cool kids are not supposed to talk about electability right now, since everyone understands that this is just code for “I hate Bernie.” So far I’ve been a good boy and stayed away from this, but I’ve long had one very specific problem with Bernie Sanders’ electability. It has nothing to…
“Anybody But Bernie” Has Come Too Late
Bob Daemmrich/ZUMA In 1972 we had ABM—Anybody But McGovern. In 1976 we had ABC—Anybody But Carter. In 1992 we had another ABC. In 2016 Republicans staged an ABT. You might notice a trend here: these movements always start too late. Every one of these folks went on to win their party’s nomination. In the past…
“It’s Like the Sky is Blue Again”: Weinstein’s Accusers React to His Rape Conviction
Rosanna Arquette and Rose McGowan speak on the first day of Harvey Weinstein’s rape trial.MediaPunch/AP Mira Sorvino: I don’t think you can understand if you haven’t been through this, and haven’t gone public, how immensely difficult and life-changing it is to bring out some of the worst memories in your life into the public eye…
The Energy Industry’s “Metaphysical” Argument for a Pipeline That Crosses the Appalachian Trail
A sign for the Appalachian trail cutting through Washington County in Maryland.Joe Tennis/AP Does the National Forest Service have the authority to approve natural gas pipeline construction across the Appalachian Trail? Today, in US Forest Service v. Cowpasture River Preservation Association and Atlantic Coast Pipeline LLC v. Cowpasture River Preservation Association, the Supreme Court heard oral…
Study: White Cops Are More Likely to Use Force Than Black Cops—Especially Against Black Suspects
Are white cops more likely to use force than black cops? A recent study suggests they are. Using data from 911 calls in which police officers are randomly chosen to respond, Mark Hoekstra and CarlyWill Sloan produce the following chart: As you can see, white cops are always more likely to use force than black…