California Forever Future City in Solano County Put on Hold
The East Solano Plan, a proposal for a walkable urban community in a rural corner of the San Francisco Bay Area, stoked tension, fear and mistrust among some neighbors.
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I spent months with Amazon workers in Coventry before they narrowly voted against unionising. This is what I learned
The vote at Amazon's Coventry site fell by the narrowest of margins. Zeynep Demir Aslim/ShutterstockAmazon workers in Coventry, England, have narrowly voted against a proposal that would have forced the retail giant to grant the GMB Union formal recognition. With a high participation rate of 86% of eligible voters, 50.5% voted against forcing recognition, a margin of just 28 votes.
Landlords Raise Rents Based on RealPage Software, Suits Say
Antitrust cases contend that use of RealPage’s algorithm, which lets property owners share private data, amounts to collusion.
Books That Shook the Business World: An Essay on the Principle of Population by Thomas Robert Malthus
Thomas Robert Malthus' great work inspired more than a century of doomsayers. Dover Publications IncThomas Robert Malthus is remembered for the gloomiest theory proposed in just about any discipline.
How do 9 states get by with no income tax? A tax expert explains the trade-offs they choose
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskidsus@theconversation.com.
How can some states get by with no income tax? – Vonnie, age 12, Auburn, Alabama
Government seeking to tie up loose ends before summer break
The government is hoping to make use of the last few days of parliamentary activity before the summer recess to pass several bills, while a shake-up of the general secretaries at a range of ministries is also expected in the coming days.
Cyprus invasion anniversary generates new friction in Greek-Turkish relations
The next meeting of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Turkey's president Recep Tayyip Erdogan in September is expected to define both the course of Greek-Turkish relations and developments on the Cyprus issue.
Biden Rent Cap Proposal Reignites Housing Policy Debate
A proposal to make landlords’ tax breaks contingent on rent limits has drawn industry pushback, progressive applause and some alternative approaches.
What a ‘right to disconnect’ from work could look like in the UK
With tech and flexible-working, the boundaries between work and home have become blurred.
Age would prevent Trump and Biden from running many top companies − and for good reason
The former president was 78 when he became the Republican Party's nominee for a third time. AP Photo/Evan VucciFormer President Donald Trump, the Republican Party’s nominee, is 78. No one older has ever run for U.S.
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