New Jersey demands that Uber and Lyft pay 1/3 of a billion in back payroll taxes for the drivers that it failed to treat as employees. This is for their unemployment and disability benefits.

These drivers deserve the rights and benefits of employees, especially the minimum wage. However, it is a mistake to fund anything by payroll taxes, because they create an incentive to replace workers with automation. We should tax companies based on their income, not their payroll.

Facebook prohibits pro-vaccine ads but allows anti-vax superstition.

Most Americans recognize that collection of their personal data endangers them but feel hopeless about avoiding it.

Actually Americans can easily stop this data collection if they join forces. All it takes is clear laws that prohibit collecting personal data outside very limited circumstances.

Bolivia's new unelected government is now arresting legislators from Morale's party.

US standards for particulate pollution are inadequate: legally acceptable levels of this pollution seem to kill around 200,000 Americans per year.