Creative Director, The Cameron Journal Cameron Lee Cowan is the author of several books, political commentator, and observer of culture.
Gig economy is booming, even Google hires contractors, treating workers as commodities with no job security or future prospects. Employers benefit but workers lack rights and find it hard to plan or save. Wealth transfer from bottom to top is a concern, emphasizing the need for worker protection.
The Fentanyl crisis, overshadowed by the COVID-19 pandemic, has hit black men the hardest and has led to an increase in teenage overdoses, emphasizing the need for education and awareness to stem the flow of the drug and reduce deaths.
