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Speak Your Mind: On the clock, or on your own?

Why is Uber worried that its drivers might become actual employees?

  • July 17, 2015
Commercials for ride-hailing service Uber seem to focus mostly on the company’s drivers. The ads tell us that Uber drivers are just like us: working adults and college students who…

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Speak Your Mind: Keeping Up with the Contenders

Who’s leading the current field of presidential candidates?

  • July 10, 2015
November 2016 is a long way away. You wouldn’t know it, though, by the number of eager White House hopefuls who are lining up for the 17-month slog to Election…

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Speak Your Mind: What’s the Worst Best Picture Winner of All Time?

  • February 5, 2015
What is the worst film to earn Best Picture at the annual Academy Awards? NIU professors Scott Balcerzak, Jeffrey Chown and Laura Vazquez discuss which movie they believe was least…

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Speak Your Mind: Should Illinois Increase Minimum Wage?

  • January 20, 2015
Should the Illinois minimum wage be raised? NIU economics professor Carl Campbell and Brian Richard of the NIU Center of Governmental Studies weigh in on the tumultuous topic.  

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