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Published in Future Human

·Mar 31, 2021

Big Pharma Refuses to Lift Patents on the Covid-19 Vaccines the World Desperately Needs

Doing so may be the only chance of ending the pandemic — On one side are the leaders of 57 nations, the Pope, and a coalition of nursing unions all over the world. On the other are the executives of the world’s biggest pharmaceutical corporations. At issue is an idea that may be the only chance of ending the Covid-19 pandemic —…

Big Pharma

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Big Pharma Refuses to Lift Patents on the Covid-19 Vaccines the World Desperately Needs
Big Pharma Refuses to Lift Patents on the Covid-19 Vaccines the World Desperately Needs
Big Pharma

7 min read


Published in OneZero

·Nov 17, 2020

‘Their Loads Are Garbage’: Drivers Say Uber’s Trucking Business Is Making a Tough Job Worse

Uber Freight says its app offers drivers more transparency and consistent earnings, but some truckers are worried it won’t help them for the long haul — In the summer of 2019, Richard Hernandez, an Arkansas truck driver, took what seemed like a straightforward job: Move 40,000 pounds of peanuts from the Planters factory in Fort Smith, Arkansas, to the Sam’s Club Distribution Center in Searcy, Arkansas, for $680. He found the job through Uber, which since…

Uber

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‘Their Loads Are Garbage’: Drivers Say Uber’s Trucking Business Is Making a Tough Job Worse
‘Their Loads Are Garbage’: Drivers Say Uber’s Trucking Business Is Making a Tough Job Worse
Uber

13 min read


Published in OneZero

·Sep 29, 2020

Bird Is Quietly Luring Contract Workers Into Debt Through a New Scooter Scheme

One Bird Charger estimates that he took on $40,000 in scooter debt — By the time that Daniel got a surprise call from someone at Bird this spring, things seemed dire for the dockless scooter industry. A 35-year-old former jet engine mechanic for the military, Daniel had been supporting his family of five by charging dockless e-scooters in San Diego, California, earning an…

Gig Economy

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Bird Is Quietly Luring Contract Workers Into Debt Through a New Scooter Scheme
Bird Is Quietly Luring Contract Workers Into Debt Through a New Scooter Scheme
Gig Economy

10 min read


Published in GEN

·Apr 7, 2020

Why Did It Take a Pandemic to Make Us Realize Buffets Are Disgusting?

A modest proposal for an infinity ban on hot plates, mass-market buffets, and other gross Petri dishes of communal eating — For a fleeting moment, the manager of the Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C., held onto hope that people would still be excited to chow down at an overpriced hotel Easter buffet: “Get ready for a HUGE celebration in a few weeks,” Mickael Damelincourt tweeted in earnest on March 24…

Food

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Why Did It Take a Pandemic to Make Us Realize Buffets Are Disgusting?
Why Did It Take a Pandemic to Make Us Realize Buffets Are Disgusting?
Food

6 min read


Published in GEN

·Feb 18, 2020

My Journey Through Tijuana for the Best Surgery $2,000 Can Buy

Orthopedic surgery would have bankrupted us in the United States. So we went to Mexico instead. — “Holy shit,” my husband said when he saw the doctor’s son pull over and park his car next to a small, concrete building in the neighborhood of Nueva Tijuana. The exterior paint of the clinic was peeling and there were bars on the windows. We parked and stared at the…

Mexico

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My Journey Through Tijuana for the Best Surgery $2,000 Can Buy
My Journey Through Tijuana for the Best Surgery $2,000 Can Buy
Mexico

16 min read

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