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Gigs CEO Allen Narcisse

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Gigs CEO Allen Narcisse | Zocalo Public Square • Arizona State University • Smithsonian

Allen Narcisse is the CEO of Gigs, a marketplace that lists jobs with varying degrees of flexibility and requiring different skill levels. He previously had leading roles at UberEATS and Lyft, and was COO of Workrise. Before sitting on a panel for the Zócalo/The James Irvine Foundation public program in Oakland, “What Is a Good Job Now? In Gig Work,” he swung by the green room to chat vinyl, Iowa, and Denzel.

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Did We Fail the Blue Eyes, Brown Eyes Experiment—Or Did It Fail Us? | Zocalo Public Square • Arizona State University • Smithsonian

Did We Fail the Blue Eyes, Brown Eyes Experiment—Or Did It Fail Us?

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by STEPHEN G. BLOOM |

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The Old Iowa Is Gone. The New One Is Doing Okay.

by Jennifer Wilson |

We hear so much about presidential candidates–and so little about life in the states that elect them. In “Beyond the Circus,” writers take us off the trail and give us …


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