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How Warby Parker emerged from the pack to become the “it” online eyeglass startup

In Lawrence Ingrassia’s new book, ‘Billion Dollar Brand Club,’ he describes how the DTC eyeglass company and other upstarts such as Dollar Shave Club and ThirdLove took on the established giants of the consumer economy.

How Bernie Sanders plans to revive the New Deal—governing by mobilization

The candidate proposes to raise the national hourly minimum wage, make joining unions easier, and close gender pay gaps. He also promises to fix “a broken and racist criminal justice system.”

Most Democratic candidates talk about reining in Wall Street, but they’re short on specifics

Early Democratic primary state voters seem in favor of more government regulation of the financial sector. But are the candidates listening?

How to build a better capitalism: Be a Trojan horse

Yunus Social Business CEO Saskia Bruysten explains how social intrapreneurs can get inside Big Business to rewire the economy, improve the planet’s health, and close the inequality gap.

What the new China trade deal really means, according to cybersecurity experts

Former White House CIO Theresa Payton says that the deal, which had the potential to redraw a trade relationship in a way that protects American technology, falls short in some key respects.

Despite what you may think, face recognition surveillance isn’t inevitable

The ACLU’s Abdullah Hasan says that Congress can—and must—make 2020 the year we rein this technology in once and for all.

Let’s hope these key tech issues aren’t ignored on tonight’s less-diverse debate stage

Startup adviser and former Facebook counsel Bärí Williams wants the potential impact of automation on the working class, including black and brown people, to be addressed tonight.

Boomers not OK with the lack of progress on climate change, social justice

Baby boomers are often criticized by younger, debt-burdened Americans frustrated by economic inequality. But many of them are also hurting and are demanding reform.

2020’s biggest story? The (real) economy, stupid

Pull back the curtain on the Trump economy and you’ll find a nation where income inequality is rising to become the new normal.

Craig Newmark is so worried about 2020 election security he’s funding tools to prevent disaster

How the healthcare industry is working to flatline Medicare for All

A deeply funded lobbying group led by a former Hillary Clinton aide is out to kill the healthcare plan supported by Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders, and other presidential contenders. The Partnership for America’s Health Care Future’s ideological roots go back to the Truman era.

Antitrust warrior Matt Stoller warns that if we don’t take on Big Tech, ‘we’ll become a fascist society’

In his fascinating new book, ‘Goliath,’ Stoller covers the history of antitrust in the U.S. He expands on those thoughts in a wide-ranging discussion, detailing the tools available to break up Big Tech and why we’re at risk of the end of democracy.

We can save our planet and stop behaving like ‘robots,’ says environmental artist Agnes Denes

Agnes Denes has warned of environmental disaster and the dangers of technology since the 1960s. As a new retrospective opened in New York City, we spoke to the artist about her life’s work.

Pete Buttigieg is way ahead of his 2020 rivals when it comes to poaching talent from Big Tech

California, here we come: How companies need to prepare for new digital privacy laws

Deepak Gupta, the cofounder & CTO of LoginRadius, lays out the steps that businesses need to take to avoid getting fined via GDPR and California’s privacy law, which goes into effect in January 2020.

While Trump boasts of economic growth, inequality deepens

Many economists say the president can’t claim credit for the current economy and that his policies have contributed to rising inequality.

Is America ready to tackle economic inequality?

A crop of presidential candidates is pushing proposals aimed at Americans who work hard but feel they’re not getting their share of the pie.

The United States of inequality: this timeline will help you keep track of how we got here

Post-WWII reforms like the New Deal and the ensuing consolidation of the labor movement increased income equality in the U.S., but the playing field started to tilt in the 1970s due to the forces of globalization and pro-corporate government policies that hurt the working class.

Soon you’ll be able to easily screen your brain for abnormalities—but should you?

Japanese company LPixel has developed an A.I. tool to detect brain aneurysms, enabling patients to find them long before the obvious symptoms. But some doctors warn that overscreening has its own disadvantages.