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Revolt of the delivery workers

The Verge

On a humid July night, his last dinner orders complete, Cesar Solano, a lanky and serious 19-year-old from Guerrero, Mexico, rode his heavy electric bike onto the sidewalk at 125th Street and First Avenue and dismounted beneath an overpass. We’re the wildebeests just trying to get by.”. Lately, delivery workers have found safety in numbers.

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The Convergence of Social Activism, Donations, and Social Media: Episodic Giving In A Post Truth World

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

From Syria to China to Mexico, mass economic and politically-driven migration and refugee crises are triggering social tension, the rebooting of nationalisms and the emboldening of old prejudices. After proposed federal budget cuts, Meals on Wheels also experienced a surge in public donations. Mass migration. Future shock.

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The antitrust case against Google is becoming just another partisan fight

The Verge

Or even what ever happened to Trump’s 2019 pledge to investigate Google for “treason” (?!). The page is run by Rafael and Omar Rivero, twin brothers who immigrated from Mexico. The FCC has received hundreds of complaints related to the Keep Americans Connected Pledge, the agency’s primary response to the pandemic.

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Trump’s 99-minute speech to Congress met with silent protest from Democrats

Fast Company Tech

Trump pledged to keep delivering sweeping change to rescue the nation from what he described as destruction and mistakes left by his predecessor. He seldom addressed his comments directly to the American people, who are trying to keep up with the recent upheaval, while repeatedly needling the Democratic lawmakers seated before him. .”

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Trump’s message to Congress: This is a presidency by billionaires, for billionaires

Fast Company Tech

The balance of Trumps speech continued in this same vein: He framed his second-term tax agenda as offering cuts for everybody, which glosses over the fact that, according to a Wharton School analysis , the top 10% of earners would receive about 56% of the proposed cuts’ value.

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Trump’s new tariffs: How key U.S. trading partners are reacting

Fast Company Tech

” “The proposed tax rate does not reflect the actual economic and trade situation between Taiwan and the United States (and) is unfair to Taiwan,” Cabinet spokesperson Lee Hui-chih said in an official news release. and Mexico as well.” President Donald Trump of the U.S. tariffs,” Stewart said.

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Inflation is up 3% despite Trump’s campaign pledge to ‘beat the hell’ out of it

Fast Company Tech

There are also potential tariff hikes on Canada and Mexico and a potential executive order that would increase tariffs to match the import taxes charged by other countries. Trump has placed 10% tariffs on China, in addition to announcing the removal of exemptions on his 2018 steel and aluminum tariffs.

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