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OPINION: An inside look at the California State University strike

For the first time, they could qualify as employees and enjoy benefits and rights that have been off-limits for years.

Uber and Lyft drivers join day-long strike over working conditions Kari Paul in San Francisco © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Lucy Nicholson/Reuters Hundreds of Uber and Lyft drivers have joined other app-based workers across the US for a day-long strike to protest against poor working conditions and demand the right to organize. The workers are calling for better wages and congressional support of the Pro Act, a bill that would provide protections for workers who attempt to unionize, including members of the gig economy. The bill has stalled indefinitely after passi...

After 131 years, Quaker Oats announced this week that it will replace Aunt Jemima’s familiar name and face on all of its products with the logo for “Pearl Milling Company,” a homage to the St. Louis company which first invented the product. Aunt Jemima became one of the world’s most prominent racist stereotypes thanks, in part, to the brand’s marketing efforts in U.S media outlets—including the Yiddish press, which published uniquely Yiddish and Jewish ads to market Aunt Jemima products to its audience. For immigrant Jews arriving at ports in New York or elsewhere in the country, ...