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Interpreter Yves Valerus speaks at a LanguageLine press conference in front of New York City Hall in April. LanguageLine interpreters have had their hours drastically cut after the company said it experienced fewer customer demand and started using new scheduling software. Some workers are trying to organize a union.

Huo Jingnan

NPR

How algorithms wreaked havoc with these workers' schedules and cut their pay

Huo Jingnan

Hourly workers across a number of industries have long been grappling with unstable schedules and pay as their employers use software to slash labor costs and maximize productivity.

A new levee built by the Stillaguamish Tribe, left, separates farmland from newly restored wetlands at the mouth of the Stillaguamish River near Stanwood, Washington, on April 8, 2026.

Megan Farmer /KUOW

Why this tribe is buying up hundreds of acres of farmland — and flooding it

John Ryan

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz gives a statement during his visit to the army at the Bundeswehr base in Munster, Germany, Thursday, April, 30, 2026.

Markus Schreiber

Germany says U.S. troop withdrawal 'anticipated', Spain and Italy could be next

Willem Marx

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Warren Buffett, CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, drinks a Cherry Coca-Cola prior to the company's annual meeting in Omaha, Neb., in 2010.

Daniel Acker

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