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“California is radioactive,” said Karen Anderson, founder of the Facebook group “Freelancers Against AB5,” a protest group aiming to repeal a state law classifying most California freelancers as employees in order to guarantee certain job benefits.  But contracting agencies in the digital age can go elsewhere for talent, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. “We have […]

Most unicorns are recent tech startups, initially operating in the negative until ultimately generating a profit. Those profits are more distant, however, as the global economy prepares for a post-lockdown recession. Unicorns are seeing their valuations sliced, some by 40%, as tracked by European company Dealroom.co. “There will be some fallen angles,” says Yoram Wijngaarde, […]

Social isolation in Brazil, a highly social culture, is changing how citizens buy and sell products. “Thirty percent of online shopping in March came from people who had never used e-commerce,” said Mauricio Salvador, president of the Brazilian Electronic Commerce Association. Information technologist Romulo Ramos was accustomed to using e-commerce, but many Brazilians were not. […]

For the past 5 years, Laura Flores and Jazmin Elizondo fought for their union to be accepted, and after insults, threats, lawsuits and lots of patience, they find it hard to believe that their struggle is over. The two met in 2014 in Flores’ restaurant. Elizondo was saving money to move to Mexico, and Flores […]

Remember comedy? Remember romance? Remember when movies made you believe in love? Eight minutes  into “The Lovebirds,” it’s clear the new Netflix offering is the type of romantic comedy two unmarried, middle-aged Canadians would write for a major studio. But Paramount Pictures sold the rights to Netflix to avoid being on the hook for $16 […]

MINNEAPOLIS—Protests turned violent on Tuesday as anti-police activists smashed windows and vandalized police cars in response to the death of an African American man at the hands of four law enforcement officers. George Floyd died Monday after his arrest outside Cup Foods, a Minneapolis restaurant that reported a customer who paid for a meal with […]

Terence Lester has slept on the streets of Atlanta and walked hundreds of miles in order to bring more attention to the issue of homelessness. So when a homeless man told Lester how difficult it was for people living on the streets to wash their hands to avoid catching or spreading the coronavirus, it was […]

Trelvis Randolph wakes up and does the same routine before work practically every morning. The 51-year-old lawyer and former public defender takes his early-morning jog through various Miami neighborhoods and along the ocean. “I get lost in my thoughts and the beauty of my surroundings. I think about my timing. I think about my pace. […]

Less than a month after taking the position, Nelson Teich is no longer Brazil’s minister of health. A week later, the position remains vacant as coronavirus cases in the country continued to climb. Army Gen. Eduardo Pazuello, the deputy health minister, is the interim minister. An oncologist, Teich was sworn in on April 17 following […]

Before the coronavirus outbreak, people visiting the crowded streets in the city center of Barcelona used to see street vendors trying to make a living by selling everything from beer to beach towels. African migrants produce masks to protect against COVID-19 in Barcelona, Spain on March 26, 2020. (Photo Courtesy: Sindicato Popular de Vendedores Ambulantes […]

Malaysian immigration authorities raided apartment buildings in Petaling Jaya Old Town on Wednesday morning, arresting about 200 people who had emigrated to the southeast Asian country. Video by Samsul Said/Zenger Malaysian Immigration Department director-general Datuk Khairul Dzaimee Daud speaks to the media after arresting 200 alleged illegal immigrants in Petaling Jaya Old town, Malaysia on […]

The author of this book series announced a companion novel. Pajhwok The Hunger Games Harry Potter Twilight The Maze Runner Correct! Wrong! Author Stephenie Meyer announced a Twilight companion book will be out Aug. 4. Who is set to play Joe Exotic, the Tiger King, in an upcoming scripted series about the popular Netflix show? […]