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Union membership grew in 2020 despite havoc in jobs market

WASHINGTON – Despite historic job losses during the pandemic, the percentage of U.S. workers who are members of a union rose to 10.8% in...

Spokane Valley, Spokane County embarking on $10 million Fair & Expo Center expansion

Spokane County and Spokane Valley are partnering to boost retail spending and tourism with a $10 million-expansion project at the Spokane County Fair and...

‘Prisoners of Gravity’: Hey, TV Sci-Fi Can Have Ideas After All

Most sci-fi TV is more about action and spectacle than anything thoughtful, but one show that really did the intellectual side of science fiction...

Magic Leap, and the Troubles In Sexism Valley

Magic Leap, the secretive augmented reality tech startup that’s valued at $4.5 billion (and reportedly bores Beyoncé), settled a sex discrimination lawsuit this week....

If Trump Fans Love Freedom, They Should Love Net Neutrality

Imagine a world where Comcast slows video streaming from Fox News’s website to a pixelated crawl while boosting Rachel Maddow—who happens to star on...

Google DeepMind’s Untrendy Play to Make the Blockchain Actually Useful

For Silicon Valley, the headline was sweet nectar: Google DeepMind, the world’s hottest artificial intelligence lab, embraces the blockchain, the endlessly fascinating idea at...

A Portable Panic Button for Immigrants Swept Up in Raids

After the election, Natalia Margolis felt helpless. Like the overwhelming majority of her fellow San Franciscans, Margolis had vehemently opposed Donald Trump’s candidacy. His...

Hey, Coastal Elites: Don’t Dis ‘Flyover Country’—Fund It

Here’s a math problem: Ten startup founders and CEOs hurtle down the long highway from Omaha to Lincoln, Nebraska, in a cornflower blue bus....

Travis Kalanick Doesn’t Need a New COO. He Needs a New CEO

Have you heard? Uber is hiring. CEO Travis Kalanick wants a chief operating officer. He apparently came to this decision in the midst of the...

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