Among the companies we found doing it: Amazon, Verizon, UPS and Facebook itself. “It’s blatantly unlawful,” said one employment law expert.
Source: www.propublica.org/article/facebook-ads-age-discrimination-targeting
The tickets for failing to cross in a crosswalk don’t just carry fines; they can damage credit rating and lead to the suspensions of driver’s licenses. A Florida Times-Union/ProPublica examination shows lots of them never should have been issued.
You give up more privacy than you might think each time you open an email.
Source: www.wired.com/story/how-email-open-tracking-quietly-took-over-the-web/f
The president and CEO of the trade group that lobbies for the ISPs that are trying to end net neutrality would like everyone to just chill. In an op-ed published at Recode, former FCC chairman and…
Source: www.theverge.com/2017/12/13/16771876/net-neutrality-michael-powell-isp-fcc
Blame the stateâs voter suppression campaign.
Source: www.nytimes.com/2017/12/11/opinion/roy-moore-alabama-senate-voter-suppression.html
422-acre Skirball Fire, which broke out at 4:50 a.m. Dec. 6, destroyed six homes, prompted evacuations and injured at least two firefighters
Source: www.cbsnews.com/news/skirball-fire-cause-illegal-cooking-fire-los-angeles-fire-department/
The legacy of Christian libertarianism.
Source: thinkprogress.org/big-business-modern-christian-nationalism-5e0af6e36192/
On Nov. 9, 2016, I boarded the Lake Shore Limited, Amtrakâs overnight service from New York to Chicago. I had with me a small suitcase stuffed with a weekâs worth of clothes, half a dozen books, a bright blue Casio wristwatch, and a cheap digital camera Iâd picked up at Best Buy on my way to Penn Station. My phone remained at home.
Source: mobile.nytimes.com/2017/11/28/arts/gabriel-kahane-amtrak-8980-brooklyn-academy-of-music.html
A Trump supporter explains rising conservative anger at American universities.
While he was at Eli Lilly, the company more than tripled the price of its best-selling insulin.