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How the tech industry can solve its diversity problem

Companies like Amazon, Apple, Google and Facebook are overwhelmingly staffed by white males. What's to be done?

Caroline Gerdes

/ February 8, 2018

Takele Gobena during 'How the Gig Economy is Reshaping Labor Rights' at Crosscut Festival 2018 in Seattle on Feb. 3, 2018.

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How the gig economy is radically reshaping labor

Companies like Uber, Postmates and TaskRabbit have given workers new freedom and flexibility, but what have they lost in the process?

Caroline Gerdes

/ February 8, 2018

Journalist Drew Atkins moderates the "Tax breaks for titans" panel at the inaugural Crosscut Festival on Feb. 3, 2018.

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What it will take to win Amazon's HQ2

Are corporate tax breaks a smart investment to secure local jobs, or a giveaway of public money to private shareholders?

Caroline Gerdes

/ February 8, 2018

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The inside story of Gamergate — at the Crosscut Festival

What if the machines that connect us with the world turned against us? Even worse, what if the threats leapt off the screen and terrorized us in real life?

Caroline Gerdes

/ January 10, 2018

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The New Yorker goes to town with a Sam Zell profile

Connie Bruck delivers one of her classic profiles, "Rough Rider," in the November 12 issue. Sam Zell, born in Seattle and a major landlord in this region, (though he is every inch Chicago-raised)...

Lucy Mohl

/ November 15, 2007