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A quick look at how infrastructure financing works show that the current predicament won’t be a quick fix, even as president promises big investment
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Robotics and artificial intelligence will continue to improve – but without political change such as a tax, the outcome will range from bad to apocalyptic
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Sexual misconduct, discrimination and retaliation are rampant and often ignored in tech startups that reject HR practices, women and people of color say
around the world
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Campaigners in drought-hit Tamil Nadu say it is unsustainable to use 400 litres of water to make a 1 litre fizzy drink
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Campaign group Mighty Earth says aerial drones, satellite imaging and field research show farmers carried out forest-burning for fast food giant’s soy suppliers
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Millennial financeMillennial financeCobbling together: the Brooklynites who gather to make handcrafted shoesFormer corporate fashion designers get ‘close to the product’ at Brooklyn Shoe Space, a shoemaking collective focused on sharing the ‘addicting’ trade
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Income inequalityIncome inequalityPolice say they were 'authorized by McDonald's' to arrest protesters, suit claimsFight for $15 chapter in Memphis alleges that officers engaged in surveillance and intimidation of fast-food worker organization
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Senate votes to repeal labor protection laws that safeguarded poultry workers