| With dueling DACA cases, Supreme Court showdown seems inevitable Posted: 04 May 2018 01:57 PM PDT ![With dueling DACA cases, Supreme Court showdown seems inevitable]( "With dueling DACA cases, Supreme Court showdown seems inevitable") The fact that Texas and a half-dozen other Republican-controlled states sued this week to end an Obama-era immigration executive order feels very 2014. The stakes are highest for the almost 700,000 US residents brought here illegally as children who have been deemed low priorities for deportation under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program former President Barack Obama created by executive order in 2012. The end result is likely to be yet another showdown in the US Supreme Court over the breadth of presidential power in immigration, something Republicans criticized when Mr. Obama was in the White House and something that Democrats have criticized since Donald Trump replaced him.
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| Who's an employee? California ruling updates debate for the gig economy Posted: 04 May 2018 11:54 AM PDT ![Who's an employee? California ruling updates debate for the gig economy]( "Who's an employee? California ruling updates debate for the gig economy") The California Supreme Court this week handed down a ruling that makes it harder for employers to classify their workers as independent contractors. The ruling, handed down Monday in a case involving drivers for Southern California courier company Dynamex, requires employers to pass a three-step, or 'ABC,' test before they can legally classify their workers as independent contractors.
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| Using Marx’s birthday to recall progress toward peace Posted: 04 May 2018 11:42 AM PDT ![Using Marx's birthday to recall progress toward peace]( "Using Marx's birthday to recall progress toward peace") Seven years ago, Harvard University scholar Steven Pinker wrote a book that concluded, through analysis of historical data, that "the world is less violent now than at any time in history." In 2018 peace is still not yet a universal norm. The #MeToo and Black Lives Matter movements are the latest examples of this historical trend.
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| For 'accidental Americans,' the hidden costs prove taxing Posted: 04 May 2018 11:39 AM PDT ![For 'accidental Americans,' the hidden costs prove taxing]( "For 'accidental Americans,' the hidden costs prove taxing") Tom Wallis was born in France to a French mother and American father. Apart from one year he spent working in the United States, Wallis has spent little time tending to his American roots – he thinks of himself as French. "We had to tell the French banks that we were American and we had to declare our revenue, property, and companies to the US," says Wallis, from his home near Grenoble.
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