Who Wrote the 25th Amendment?
It turns out he’s still alive, and still teaching at Fordham Law. We had some questions about an amendment that wasn’t written to meet a moment like this.
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Trump Goes Full Genghis Khan
‘A whole civilization will die tonight,’ he vows.
A Retrospective on Bidenomics
Joe Biden listened to the left on full employment. But the lasting effects were wanting, and the politics were brutal.
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GOP War on Health Care Destroying Hospitals at Home and Abroad
More than 800 health care facilities are at risk or have already closed since Republicans severely cut funding last year. The worst is still ahead.
Voter Suppression, Executive Order Style
Voting rights advocates, the Democratic Party, and state attorneys general are fighting President Trump’s midterms-timed attacks on American voters.
Trump’s Death Panel
The proposed cuts in several forms of health care spending are a real version of the fake ‘death panels’ that the right attributed to Obama’s Affordable Care Act.
Himes Fact-Checked on ‘Misleading’ Claims About Warrantless Spying
Jim Himes keeps telling his constituents that U.S. intelligence agencies don’t spy on them, and ‘have no reason’ to buy Americans’ data. Advocates say that’s untrue.
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Organized Money: Up Ship’s Creek: The Crisis at the Strait
The U.S.-Israel-Iran war choke point at the Strait of Hormuz will ripple through the global economy for years.
Organized Money: California Attorney General Rob Bonta Is Not Done With Ticketmaster
The system is not completely broken, and it shows when states pick up the shattered pieces of our federal system.
Organized Money: The Business of Betting on Murder with Sen. Chris Murphy
Bet you can’t guess who is insider trading the Iran War.
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The Far-Right Cash Machine
There’s money in bigotry, and specialized crowdfunding platforms are where to get it.
A House of Labor Divided
Internal rivalries among the leaders of the United Auto Workers are sapping the momentum from its historic victories.
Private Equity’s Great Escape
The industry bought companies for too much money and made a bunch of bad loans. Now they’re scrambling to avoid the reckoning.
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Why We’re Removing Our Programmatic Ads
Online advertising is bad for users, publishers, and even advertisers. The only beneficiaries are the Big Tech platforms. We’re doing something about it.
Greed Flows South
Some of our billionaires feel comfortable only in states of the neo-Confederacy.
The Private Credit Cartels
Wall Street wants you to believe AI is to blame for the incipient credit crisis. But the crappy software loans spooking investors are the products of old-economy greed and brazen collusion.
With Millions in Donations From the Industry, Ramaswamy Backs Ohio Crypto Gamble
Ohio’s Republican gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy wants to invest taxpayer funds in crypto despite big losses in this sector and for his own company.
You Gotta Hand It to Chuck Schumer This Time
He went up against Republicans and … won?
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Trump Goes Full Genghis Khan
‘A whole civilization will die tonight,’ he vows.
Trump’s Death Panel
The proposed cuts in several forms of health care spending are a real version of the fake ‘death panels’ that the right attributed to Obama’s Affordable Care Act.
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Capital Ideas
Two books on the history of capitalism provide lessons for how to tame it.
‘Project Hail Mary’ Shows What Real Heroism Looks Like
It isn’t shooting the bad guy. It’s sacrificing to save your alien rock pal.
Sundance Is Over. Long Live Sundance.
Will there be life after Utah (and Robert Redford) for America’s biggest film festival?
