Also, the shame of Wisconsin, and Wells Fargo’s pandemic lobbying. This is The COVID-19 Daily Report for April 7, 2020. | Continue reading
We needed to rescue the financial system in 2008, and we need to support sectors like airlines and aerospace now—but TARP is the wrong model. | Continue reading
The Iowa caucus disaster is a function of a broken economic structure that rewards con artistry over competence. | Continue reading
The super PAC has made independent political expenditures to support Sinema's elections, and Sinema has directed donations to it through a PAC she used to chair. | Continue reading
A shady private equity transaction could open up nonprofits and nongovernmental organizations to financial exploitation, and threats to their security and privacy. | Continue reading
With 2.5 million third-party sellers, it’s the largest employment-related class barred from using courts for complaints, and confined to the online retailer’s private law. | Continue reading
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Responding to Congress, they make clear that forced arbitration gives them the means to sidestep the law. | Continue reading
The attorney general is using the full resources of his office in pursuit of preposterous conspiracy theories. | Continue reading
Unlike other unions over the last 30 years, CWA has continued to strike—and continued to win. Their enduring preparedness starts with something as simple as wearing red. | Continue reading
The fight in Congress heats up over surprise medical billing, another abuse of the public driven by the private equity industry. | Continue reading
The Trump administration is seeking to denaturalize and deport longtime U.S. citizens, seizing on tiny mistakes in the process and putting the status of every naturalized citizen at potential risk. | Continue reading
By announcing it would not comply with a California law reclassifying its workers as employees, Uber is returning to the company’s time-honored tradition as a scofflaw. | Continue reading
Democratic candidates are returning en masse to Great Society–era policies, which may also hold the key to rescuing the Fourth Estate. | Continue reading
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Why has one telecom giant hooked up with its chief rival—and what does it portend for their more than 200 million subscribers? | Continue reading
This article appears in the Summer 2019 issue of The American Prospect magazine. Subscribe here. A rapid-fire series of announcements in June foreshadow an increase in antitru | Continue reading
Amazon’s dominance doesn’t merely rely on competing with sellers on its platform. It extracts a deep cut from every transaction, at the expense of sellers and customers. | Continue reading
Thousands are expected to rally Thursday against the closing of Hahnemann University Hospital, a 171-year-old facility in Center City Philadelphia. | Continue reading
With 2.5 million third-party sellers, it’s the largest employment-related class barred from using courts for complaints, and confined to the online retailer’s private law. | Continue reading
Staffers challenge Facebook’s happy talk about its digital currency in a briefing. | Continue reading
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Republicans used to back election security, but now GOP leaders are taking their cue from the White House. | Continue reading
History teaches us to be vigilant of our civil liberties in the wake of national traumas. | Continue reading
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Responding to a rising tide of big-city opposition, Amazon announced on Wednesday that it would accept cash (or as the company calls it, “additional payment mechanisms”) at its Ama | Continue reading
Can you have a model city in a left-behind region? | Continue reading
Eddie Lampert not only ran the company; he was also its largest creditor and the guy who sold major Sears assets to … Eddie Lampert. | Continue reading
For Labor Day, a call for a new union strategy from three prominent workers’ advocates. | Continue reading
In every state with an extreme partisan gerrymander, there’s a potential solution in the state itself. | Continue reading
This year’s passion for fair districting can drive change, and data science can play a key role. | Continue reading