Each year, Joint Venture Silicon Valley, a regional nonprofit think tank, publishes its Silicon Valley Index, a report chock-full of data points attempting to paint a point-in-time portrait of the region. This year's data points confirmed a lot of what I'd observed anecdotally in my own circles: Essentials like housing, transportation, food and child care feel more expensive than ever.
Read MoreInside A Slice of New York’s path to employee ownership. Luis Bravo puts cheese on a pizza at A Slice of New York in Sunnyvale, a worker-owned cooperative. (Photo by Olivia Treynor) Last fall, when restaurants were working desperately tokeep their doors open amid coronavirus restrictions, A Slice of New York pizza shops in Sunnyvale and San Jose voluntarily closed for an entire week to give employees a paid, mandatory break. The decision ...
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