How Silicon Valley Lobbyists Secretly Pushed Texas Regulators to Rewrite the Rules of the Gig Economy
Documents show that lobbyists for Handy.com dictated a rule to the Texas Workforce Commission that would give legal shelter to gig economy companies who don’t want to treat workers like employees.
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Life and Limb
Each diabetic amputation represents not just a personal tragedy, but a failure of the U.S. health-care system.
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Expecting Care
How Texas is failing foster care kids and contributing to an alarming teen pregnancy rate.
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Checkpoint Nation
Border Patrol agents are extending their reach deep into the country’s interior.
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Shallow Waters
This nine-part collaboration between the Texas Observer and Quartz explores the complexities of border water in a hotter, drier world.
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Ben Sargent
