Shares of the week
Election Day
Trump should have lost in a landslide. The fact that he didn’t speaks volumes
Anyone with a clear head paying attention to America's heartland in the past five years could tell you that Bernie Sanders would have wiped the floor with Trump, in either 2020 or 2016. The Democrats, heeding their donors’ advice, will continue to ignore his extremely-popular policies to their own peril.
With Prop 22’s Passage in California, Tech Companies Are Just Writing Their Own Laws Now
Gig workers in California were dealt a blow on Election Day as voters chose to open the floodgates of exploitation, allowing the likes of Uber, Lyft and Skipthedishes to continue to treat their drivers as independent contractors. This confusingly-worded proposition, which was also the highest-funded in American history, will no doubt contribute to growing economic inequality in the least affordable state in America outside of Hawaii
Those Who Can't Do, Sue
Canadaland Podcast #346 - We're Getting Sued
Canadaland is getting sued by the far-right Canadian media outlet the Rebel. Jesse Brown explains why and how they are going to respond.
Religion Gone Wild
Why is the Anglo media portraying France as the villain?
There is plenty to say about the responsibility of western countries like France in helping create the climate for Islamic-extremism, but when it comes to protecting the rights to freedom of expression that is so integral for a healthy democracy, France should be applauded for standing up to a violent ideology that isn’t fit for modern society
Three women face jail in Poland for sharing posters of Virgin Mary with an LGBT+ rainbow halo
This is the kind of thing America just barely escaped on Election Day. Theocratic conservatives all over the world dream of a day they can rid the earth of gays and powerful women. Poland, a “democracy” and member of the EU and NATO, is in the process of doing that at this very moment, joining the likes of Saudi Arabia, Russia and Iran.