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Uber driver Estaphanie St. Just joins drivers for ride-hailing giants Uber and Lyft, as they hold a rally at a park near Los Angeles International Airport, Wednesday, May, 8, 2019, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

Are we ready for an automated future?

Jeffrey Hirsch - The Conversation

If your job doesn't currently involve automation or artificial intelligence in some way, it likely will soon.

A general view of the Lloyd's building, home of the world's largest insurance market Lloyd's of London, on March 27, 2017 in London, England. (Photo by Jack Taylor/Getty Images)

The extortion economy

Renee Dudley - ProPublica

Overlooked in the ransomware spree is the role of an industry that is both fueling and benefiting from it

Labor Strikes of old (Associated Press)

We don't honor the ideals of Labor Day

Matthew Rozsa

Here are some fast facts you should know about the history of American labor as we mark Labor Day

(Photo by Scott Heins/Getty Images)

From victories to union militancy

Rebecca Burns - In These Times

This year, there are more reasons than usual for working people to rejoice.

Get big Labor Day savings today only

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Save an extra 15% on these earphones that can withstand your workouts.

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Wake up: The American Dream is dead

Anis Shivani

One DACA recipient has decided to "self-deport" — to Canada. More will follow, and that should tell us something

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How Union Sq. helped shape free speech

Joanna Merwood-Salisbury - The Conversation

New York's Union Square is an important site in American labor history

This retro gamepad lets you be a child

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Capture that nostalgic feeling with this retro gamepad.

Watertown ("The Ranch") in Area 51 with U-2 flight line and trailer park (ca 1957) (Wiki Commons)

Hot aliens living next door!

Ashlie D. Stevens

Sexy vampires had a good run, but "hunky blue aliens falling in love with Earth women" are having a moment now

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Recipe: Creamy gorgonzola pasta

Arthur Bovino - Food52

On food and time travel.

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Barbecue masters reveal their pro-tips

Compiled by Salon staff

If you're grilling outside this weekend, you need Aaron Franklin's and Steven Raichlen's expert grilling advice

Peach Pudding (Skyhorse Publishing)

Try this while peaches are still ripe

Jennifer Browne

A twist on conventional oatmeal! I actually make this for myself sans syrup, but my kids like it better with

This GOES-16 satellite image taken Friday, Aug. 30, 2019, at 17:20 UTC and provided by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), shows Hurricane Dorian, right, moving over open waters in the Atlantic Ocean. Forecasters are now saying Dorian could be a Category 4 with winds of nearly 140 mph (225 kph) when it is forecasted to hit Florida late Monday or early Tuesday. It’s also imperiling the Bahamas, where the storm is expected to hit by Sunday. (NOAA via AP) (AP)

Hurricane Dorian hits the Bahamas

Matthew Rozsa

Hurricane Dorian has reached "catastrophic" strength with 185 mile per hour winds as it makes landfall at Elbow Cay

Harvey Weinstein (Getty/Stephanie Keith)

Harvey Weinstein, "Untouchable" no more

Melanie McFarland

As the public turns on cancel culture, this Hulu documentary takes us back to the conditions that kicked it off

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Pharma cash rolls into Congress

Emmarie Huetteman, Jay Hancock, Elizabeth Lucas - KFF Health News

Pharma companies are showering U.S. senators with campaign cash as sweeping legislation heads toward the floor

Photography by Jill Greenberg, jillgreenberg.com. Find out more about Jill's initiative Alreadymade., a mission to hire more female photographers and content creators at alreadymade.org. (Photography by Jill Greenberg)

Castro: Get rid of the filibuster

Matthew Rozsa

Julián Castro told Joy Reid that Texas' loose gun control laws make people less safe and the Senate needs to act

JAKARTA, INDONESIA: A haze cover the Jakarta bay skyline in Jakarta, 10 June 2007. Indonesia is particularly vulnerable to the impact of climate change as global warming threatens to raise sea levels and flood coastal farming areas, threatening food security. Meanwhile, Indonesia could lose 2,000 small islands by 2030 due to a rise in sea levels as a result of climate change, Indonesia Environment Minister, Rachmat Witoelar said. AFP PHOTO/Ahmad ZAMRONI (Photo credit should read AHMAD ZAMRONI/AFP/Getty Images) (Ahmah Zamroni/AFP/Getty)

Retreating from rising seas is a reality

Kate Yoder - Grist

The Java Sea threatens to swallow 95 percent of Indonesia's capital, Jakarta, over the next 30 years.

This bag also converts to a briefcase!

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The Arcido Saxon Backpack keeps you organized from sunrise to sunset.

A young elephant from Asia stands near his mother in its enclosure at the Pairi Daiza Zoo in Brugelette, eastern Belgium, on August 15, 2019 (Photo by Philippe HUGUEN / AFP)        (Photo credit should read PHILIPPE HUGUEN/AFP/Getty Images) (Philippe Huguen/AFP/Getty Images)

What we lose when the elephants go

Milicent Cranor - WhoWhatWhy

What have we lost? What are we still losing? Gentle creatures of phenomenal intelligence, and even empathy

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The first climate change disease is here

Shira Tarlo

A mysterious disease is killing tens of thousands of farmworkers globally — and the worst may be yet to come

(AP Photo/Jessica Hill, File)

Why companies file for bankruptcy

Lindsey Simon - The Conversation

Critics have worried Purdue might use bankruptcy to avoid accountability

Democratic presidential candidate and former Texas Rep. Beto O'Rourke speaks during a public employees union candidate forum Saturday, Aug. 3, 2019, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher) (AP Photo/John Locher)

O'Rourke: "This is f***ed up"

Matthew Rozsa

Former Rep. Beto O'Rourke called for stronger gun control laws in emotional statements after the Texas shootings

Megachurch (Wiki Commons)

"Righteous Gemstones" and the megachurch

Ashlie D. Stevens

The Gemstone Foundation Center functions as a visual metaphor for the televangelists' Christian values

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Uber's $60M propaganda push

Nicole Karlis

A California bill that would give gig economy workers a middle-class life is terrifying Silicon Valley's C-suite

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