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Andrew Yang’s Discomfiting Vision for New York City It infuses Silicon Valley–style ideas and private philanthropy into an eroding safety net, and calls for no sacrifice from the wealthy. Lev Radin/Sipa USA via AP Images Mayoral candidate Andrew Yang visits Muslim-owned businesses on the first day of Ramadan, April 13, 2021, in the Jackson Heights neighborhood of Queens, New York. New York City mayoral front-runner Andrew Yang is the archetype of a new political phenomenon known as the “techno-populist.” The “techno” does not refer to technology (though Yang is a...

In the past several years, former and current McDonald’s employees have increasingly come forward to share stories of the sexual harassment they allegedly experienced while working in the chain’s restaurants, In a new CBS Sunday Morning segment, four women shared their personal accounts with correspondent Erin Moriarty. Emily Anibal, who was 17 when she started working at McDonald’s in 2016, said a male shift manager “would make comments on my body, and other workers’ bodies, saying, like, ‘I would have sex with you, I wouldn’t have sex with her.’” Anibal added that the shi...

“You don’t have to like it,” my late father would tell my siblings and me when we complained about our jobs. “That’s why it’s called work.” His career began in typewriter repair in the 1950s and, after a string of promotions, layoffs, and lateral moves, ended in middle management for a chain of grocery stores. He didn’t have to love his job; he loved us. By showing up to the office every day, he kept his family warm, fed, and educated. For him, that was enough. Over the past few decades, this ethos of cheerless duty has been overtaken by the imperative to love your work. Gradu...

POLITICO Join the Women Rule community Email Sign Up By signing up you agree to receive email newsletters or updates from POLITICO and you agree to our privacy policy and terms of service. You can unsubscribe at any time and you can contact us here. This sign-up form is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. RULING THE WEEK The richest woman in the world, MacKenzie Scott, is giving away her billions with remarkable speed. On Tuesday, the ex-wife of Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos announced she has given almost $4.2 billion to 384 organizations in the past four...

Poll: A majority of voters want Joe Biden to advance polices that promote gender equity Vox.com 12/16/2020 Li Zhou © Keith Birmingham/MediaNews Group/Pasadena Star-News/Getty Images People marched from Pershing Square to Los Angeles City Hall on October 17, 2020, to encourage voter participation in the November election and to protest the confirmation hearings of Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett. An overwhelming majority of voters want President-elect Joe Biden and the next Congress to advance policies related to gender equity upon taking office in 2021, according ...