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From a pro-democratic perspective, civil society and new media organisations are surging in the aftermath of the Orban regime.
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The Real ‘Takers’: The CEO Gravy Train Picks Up Steam
The long-term trend is obvious: The rewards that capitalism bestows on elites, especially since the 1990s, are diverging sharply from what it bestows on workers.
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Dark Matter: Too-Big-To-Fail Hibernates in Opaque Derivatives Markets
Much of the "over-the-counter" derivatives market remains outside the radar of regulators, who are supposed to monitor the risks it poses.
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GOP Hypocrisy on Steroids: The Assault on Obamacare’s Individual Mandate
Twenty states, backed by Donald Trump’s Department of Justice, are trying in the courts to dismantle the law by attacking what they see as its Achilles heel: the individual mandate.
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Another Bad Idea: Regulators Chip Away at the Volcker Rule
By revising the Volcker Rule, a centerpiece of the 2010 Dodd-Frank act, the feds are pushing financial regulation in a direction that should worry everyone.
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Make America Grate Again: Why The Trump Tax Cuts Are Bad for Democracy
What they really do is inflate the national debt while concentrating wealth and political power into fewer and fewer hands.
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Here We Go Again: Ignoring History, Congress Moves to Loosen the Reins on Wall Street
The great trick of Wall Street and its apologists is convincing the people it burned last time they were let off the leash that this time they’ll behave better, swear to God.
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How May I Screw You? Under Trump, the Payday-Loan Racket Is Resurgent
No one should need confirmation at this point that the Trump-Goldman junta is anything but a giant fuck-you to consumers and a big pink valentine for Wall Street. But if you’re still in doubt, just look at the CFPB's coddling of payday lenders.
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What the Amazon-Berkshire-JPMorgan Plan Says About For-Profit Health Insurance
The three paragons of capitalist success have just made one of the strongest arguments yet in favor of single-payer healthcare.
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No-Fault Crash: A New Book Explains How Financial Big-Wigs Skated after the Subprime Disaster
As Jesse Eisinger writes in his new book, the Justice Department “has lost the will and indeed the ability to go after highest-ranking corporate wrongdoers.”
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The Business of Government: Donald Trump’s Most Ridiculous Idea
No great American company would hire a CEO who knows as little about an industry as Donald Trump knows about government.
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The country’s new prime minister, Andy Burnham, has promised a break from the politics of the last 40 years—realizing more broadly that Labour must stand up for the 99% against big business, or the party will become irrelevant.
The tragic shooting of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo is just the latest example of ICE having a fundamental disrespect for human life — further proving why the agency should be stripped of funding and shut down, and its rank-and-file agents and leadership prosecuted.
While the U.S., EU and their allies are enabling Rojava—the strongest force against Islamic State— to fall, it is vital for internationalists to continue to support this beacon of democracy and liberation.
June 23, 2026 may be remembered as the beginning of the end of the Democratic Party establishment.
The current wave of food recalls is a direct byproduct of President Donald Trump’s administration deliberately removing the safeguards put in place aimed at protecting American consumers more than a century ago.
From a pro-democratic perspective, civil society and new media organisations are surging in the aftermath of the Orban regime.
We can still celebrate success while simultaneously putting a cap on net worth.
The country’s new prime minister, Andy Burnham, has promised a break from the politics of the last 40 years—realizing more broadly that Labour must stand up for the 99% against big business, or the party will become irrelevant.
Much like the resistance to AI data centers, the opposition to Flock surveillance cameras has brought the left and the right together against billionaires who are trying to force America into becoming even more of a police state.
Much like the resistance to AI data centers, the opposition to Flock surveillance cameras has brought the left and the right together against billionaires who are trying to force America into becoming even more of a police state.
Posted 1 month 3 weeks ago
The country’s new prime minister, Andy Burnham, has promised a break from the politics of the last 40 years—realizing more broadly that Labour must stand up for the 99% against big business, or the party will become irrelevant.
Posted 1 month 3 weeks ago
We can still celebrate success while simultaneously putting a cap on net worth.
Posted 1 month 1 week ago
The current wave of food recalls is a direct byproduct of President Donald Trump’s administration deliberately removing the safeguards put in place aimed at protecting American consumers more than a century ago.
Posted 2 weeks 3 days ago
From a pro-democratic perspective, civil society and new media organisations are surging in the aftermath of the Orban regime.
Posted 2 weeks 5 days ago
The current wave of food recalls is a direct byproduct of President Donald Trump’s administration deliberately removing the safeguards put in place aimed at protecting American consumers more than a century ago.
From a pro-democratic perspective, civil society and new media organisations are surging in the aftermath of the Orban regime.
