The continued slide shows how energy and momentum around the labor movement is not translating into equivalent growth for unions, whose membership has fallen sharply as a percentage of the U.S. workforce over the past roughly 40 years.

McDonald’s is launching a new career exploration mobile app called “Archways to Careers” designed to assist store associates with education and career advancement, at McDonald’s or elsewhere.

Several nations are being inundated with more waste than they can process, some face problems storing what they produce, while a few, including the U.S., have seen municipal recycling efforts falter.

Their startups have revolutionized the economy, their tastes have shifted the culture, and their enormous appetite for social media has transformed human interaction. American politics is the next arena ripe for disruption.