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Seeing those opt-out messages about your personal information on websites? Thank California’s new privacy law

“Do not sell my info” links popped up on websites New Year’s Day as companies scrambled to comply with California’s sweeping new consumer privacy protection law.

Seattle passed a $15 minimum wage law in 2014. Here’s how it’s turned out so far

Seattle’s law is now at the forefront of a national debate over the impacts of progressive wage increases.

How to Be Lucky

How to Be Lucky - Nautilus - Pocket

It pays to imagine your life is on a winning streak.

Opinion | Twelve Million Phones, One Dataset, Zero Privacy

What we learned from the spy in your pocket.

People With Diabetes Forgoing Basic Needs in Order to Survive According to New Studies

According to two studies, people with diabetes are forgoing basic needs and taking to underground exchanges of necessary supplies.

Sacha Baron Cohen Uses ADL Speech to Tear Apart Mark Zuckerberg

Accepting an award from the Anti-Defamation League, the comedian called Facebook “the greatest propaganda machine in history.”

Undercover investigation reveals evidence of unequal treatment by real estate agents

We sent white, black, Hispanic and Asian testers undercover to see if they would be treated equally by LI real estate agents. Many were not.

How One Employer Stuck a New Mom With an $898,984 Bill for Her Premature Baby — ProPublica

ProPublica is an independent, non-profit newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest.

Inmate Firefighters

Bill would help California’s inmate firefighters pursue career after release

State lawmakers and activists are resurrecting a legislative effort to help inmate firefighters launch a career in the field after they’re freed, hoping to ease the restrictions that have traditionally locked ex-offenders out of the profession

There’s a theory that stingy millennials are to blame for the sluggish economy

Following the financial crisis, millennials are saving more than the Baby Boomers did before them, and this slowdown in spending is hurting the economy.