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Author: Jordan Zakarin

EV Factory Jobs Are Worse Than You Think

Amazon's electric vehicle manufacturer, Rivian, is laying off 10% of its workforce. But it's not just layoffs. Workers are getting injured on the job, ambulances…

Whistleblower Exposes Toxic Culture At Rivian

A whistleblower is exposing systemic sexual misconduct at Amazon’s electric truck manufacturer. April told us catcalling & sexual harassment were a near-daily occurrence for women—and…

Why Going to the Pharmacy Sucks Now

Walgreens and CVS are becoming unbearable for customers and workers — so pharmacists are unionizing. This fall, they walked out of stores nationwide during "Pharmageddon."…

Corporations Are Privatizing Nursing Homes. The Consequences Are Deadly.

Seniors in a rural Wisconsin town are fighting to save their publicly owned nursing home. The county wants to sell the town-owned home to an…

The NFL Is Choosing Concerts Over Player Safety. It’s Ending Careers.

In the NFL, injuries are inevitable. But it’s not always the monster tackles that leave players hobbled and your fantasy team in limbo. Sometimes, the…

Michigan’s Bold New Solution to High Drug Prices

There’s a new bill in Michigan that would allow the state to cap the prices of wildly overpriced prescription drugs. It could be a model…

What Disney Doesn’t Want You to Know About Visual Effects

When George Lucas first created Star Wars, he used non-union workers to make the visual effects-heavy film quickly. But decades later, visual effects (VFX) workers…

Inside the Exploitation at Vegas’s MGM and Caesar’s Palace

A major strike could rock the Las Vegas strip. 40,000 workers at the MGM Grand, Caesar's Palace, and other iconic Vegas hotels and casinos are…

What Nestle and Abbott Don’t Want You to Know

For decades, workers who make protein for Nestle made a fair living. After a $26 billion takeover, a new owner wants to take away lunch…

Marvel workers won the first union in visual effects history

Marvel VFX workers have won a historic first union in the visual effects industry. The workers who power the biggest superhero movies on the planet…

We Uncovered a Shocking Right-Wing Plot to Eradicate Public Schools

Leaked videos and recordings uncovered by investigative watchdog Documented expose the Alliance Defending Freedom’s plot to wipe out public schools in America. Their goal is…

This Is The Biggest Threat To Actors & Writers

AI could soon be used to produce an entire episode of Law & Order: SVU. We talked with former SVU showrunner Warren Leight and multiple…