AlterNet | Robert Reich
The new sharing” economy is really about sharing the scraps.
Re/code | Meg Evans
There’s no need to wait until we have millions to give away to concentrate on social good.
The Washington Post | Lydia DePillis
More companies are switching their workforce to freelance. Policy needs to catch up.
The Conversation | Mechele Dickerson
Responses to the president’s proposals reveal a lot about the middle class” and illustrate why it has become so hard to really help that group.
NPR | Chris Arnold
Millions of good-paying jobs are opening up in the trades.
InfoWorld | Sharon Gaudin
Artificial intelligence research-for at least the foreseeable future-is going to help humans, not harm them.
InformationWeek | Thomas Claburn
Forget killer robots. Widespread unemployment is the worst case scenario for humans in the AI future.
The Progressive Policy Institute | Michael Mandel
Official numbers are afflicted by huge and growing blind spots that increasingly distort the published figures.
Vox | Timothy B. Lee
The new budget will propose deregulation of state occupational licensing rules.
The Conversation | Aleksandra Kacperczyk
To promote innovation, shift the orientation of corporate directors to include the interests of non-financial stakeholders.
The Guardian | Dominic Rushe
FCC wants to update the definition of what constitutes broadband to 25Mbps for downloads and 3Mbps for uploads.
The New York Times | Farhad Manjoo
The Uberization of work may soon be coming to your chosen profession.
McKinsey & Company | David Court
New technology tools are making adoption by the front line much easier, accelerating the organizational adaptation needed to produce results.
Wired | Davey Alba
The FTC urges businesses to take some concrete steps in protecting the privacy and security of American consumers.
The Washington Post | Kimbriell Kelly
After the housing collapse derails the American Dream, a cloud of uncertainty hangs over the Boateng family.
The New York Times | Alicia Parlapiano, Robert Gebeloff, and Shan Carter
Since 2000, the middle class has been shrinking for a decidedly more alarming reason: Incomes have fallen.
The Washington Post | Catherine Rampell
Sharing-economy entrepreneurs” can get a lot of upside
MIT Technology Review | Nanette Byrnes
As technology-driven payment ideas give cash a run for its money, the big winners could be established banks and credit card companies.
Economic Policy Institute | Estelle Sommeiller and Mark Price
There is growing recognition that we need an inclusive economy that works for everyone-not just for those at the top.
The Washington Post | Kimbriell Kelly, John Sullivan, and Steven Rich
In the Fairwood subdivision, dreams of black wealth were dashed by the housing crisis.
The Washington Post | Michael A. Fletcher
Prince George’s County became a national symbol of the American Dream for African Americans.
Fast Company | Neal Ungerleider
STEM education giant Code.org announced a new landmark this month.
Monthly Labor Review | Charles N. Weaver
Workers were less secure about retaining their jobs in 2010 and 2012 than in 1977 and 1978.
The Washington Post | Elahe Izadi
A group of researchers has found that analyzing tweets can accurately predict the prevalence of heart disease.
The Conversation | Robert Faris
Individual communities may soon be able to invest in their own broadband infrastructure.
The New York Times | Anna North
A computer model can predict your personality better than your friends – and in some ways, know more about your life than you do.
Fast Company | Elizabeth Segran
That’s the concept driving Tsu, where artists are testing the waters on a social network that shares ad revenue with users.
The Guardian | Dan Roberts
The address aims to suggest ways to ensure the benefits of the recovery are more evenly spread across society.
Wired | Davey Alba
Genesys recruits high schoolers from groups underrepresented in the tech world, then places them in paid IT internships.
The New York Times | Charles M. Blow
Being poor is anything but easy.
The Washington Post | Lyndsey Layton
For the first time in at least 50 years, a majority of U.S. public school students come from low-income families.
