– Bloomberg
The Labor Department is quietly moving to undo a central Obama-era labor policy that made companies more likely to be liable when staffing firms or franchisees don’t pay minimum wages and overtime.
– Forbes
The Ocean Cleanup, an effort that’s been five years in the making, plans to launch its beta cleanup system, a nearly 2,000-foot long floater that can collect about five tons of ocean plastic per month. The system comes to a price tag of $24.6 million. The company will welcome corporations and philanthropists to sponsor their own cleanup system in coming years.
– The New York Times
The battle over how to project the future population of the United States has profound political implications.
– The Washington Post
More female nominees are running for Congress and for governor than ever before in U.S. history. As a result of activism in response to the Trump administration, the #MeToo movement, and efforts to recruit more women to run, observers have pointed to the possibility of a “pink wave” that may bring big changes to American politics.