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Jordan Weissmann

Digital Government

The Saddest Paragraph You'll Read About the Government Shutdown Today

With NIH furloughs, children with cancer are being turned away from clinical trials.

Digital Government

The Brogrammer Effect: Women Are a Small (and Shrinking) Share of Computer Workers

In 1990, more than 30 percent of computer workers were women. Now it's just 27 percent.

Digital Government

The Myth of America's Tech Talent Shortage

And what it should mean for immigration reform.

Digital Government

iLawyer: What happens when computers replace attorneys?

After decades of killing low-end jobs in retail, software is finally doing the people's bidding by creating a world with fewer lawyers.

Digital Government

Justice lawsuit could allow Amazon to dictate e-book prices industrywide

The government's antitrust suit against Apple and five publishers will make Amazon more powerful than ever in publishing.