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The United States Department of Energy has awarded the University of Utah $1.5 million to study the potential of transforming coal-associated mineral...
People are more willing than ever to listen when social media whistleblowers reveal the problematic behavior of the world's power-holders.
Print After a two-month hiatus, on a new episode of the podcast “Reply All,” hosts Emmanuel Dzotsi and Alex Goldman discussed at length the controversy at Gimlet Media sparked by the podcast’s scrapped miniseries, “The Test Kitchen.” Released Thursday, the latest episode began with Dzotsi explaining a “pretty short and pretty direct” voice memo he received on Feb. 16 from a friend: “None of this is your problem to fix... Stay the f— out of it.” That problem was a scandal involving a miniseries that was scheduled to span four episodes. While uncovering how food magazine Bo...
Gimlet and Ringer unions detail their first historic contracts with Spotify Share this story Gimlet Media and The Ringer agreed on a three-year union employment contract with Spotify, marking a historic moment for both the tech giant and the podcasting industry. The contracts cover diversity at the company, salary bases, annual raises, and titles. It’s a big step — not just for unionization in podcasting, but also for the tech industry overall, which has been slow to take up unionization and faced union-busting tactics when they do. The Writers Guild of America, East, which represents G...
Labor problems and class differences persist unaddressed while well-educated, white-collar workers focus on problems that are easier for their bosses to pretend to fix.