A show of support for Biden in Washington featured over 50 Obama veterans, many of whom went on to serve corporate America.
David Dayen
David Dayen is the executive editor of The American Prospect. He is the author of Monopolized: Life in the Age of Corporate Power and Chain of Title: How Three Ordinary Americans Uncovered Wall Street’s Great Foreclosure Fraud. He co-hosts the podcast Organized Money with Matt Stoller.
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Big CEOs Persuade the SEC to Tame Shareholder Activism
The Business Roundtable’s vow to be kinder corporate actors was a fig leaf for building fortresses around management decision making.
Posted inPolitics
The Battle for Progressive Policy Goes Through Congress
Hyper-focused on the presidency, too many people have lost sight of the key upcoming fights in the House and Senate.
Posted inTAP
Warren Answers Her Critics on Medicare for All
Today on TAP: Upending the culture of ‘No We Can’t’
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Warren’s Medicare for All Plan Includes No New Taxes on the Middle Class
The deeply detailed proposal cuts health care costs and finds other revenues, saving ordinary Americans $11 trillion in premiums and deductibles.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
When Pharma Needs a Friend: Conservative House Democrats Move to Protect Drug Company Profits
A letter from 11 Democrats expresses support for a drug patent provision in the NAFTA update that most of their caucus opposes.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Pramila Jayapal Takes On Medicare for All’s Critics
The Progressive Caucus co-chair authored the House Medicare for All bill. She’s frustrated that Democrats are attacking the concept of universal health care for political advantage.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Ridiculous D.C. Invite of the Week: AIG’s Centennial Celebration
The insurance giant that helped blow up the economy throws a party, and members of Congress turn out to raise a glass.
Posted inEconomic Policy
When the Watchers’ Watchers Look the Other Way
The board charged with overseeing the firms that audit corporations has become a cushy landing place for Republican politicos averse to enforcing its rules.
Posted inTAP
The Education Department’s Rip-Off Schemes Radicalize Its Own Staff
Today on TAP: Betsy DeVos’s mismanagement backfires
