Michigan is one step closer to repealing right to work; why the end of two-tier wages at Caterpillar shows corporate America’s immense power over workers.
Jarod Facundo
Jarod Facundo is an investigative journalist and former Prospect writing fellow.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Silicon Valley Congressman Fundraising With Whiny Venture Capitalist
Rep. Ro Khanna, who stumped aggressively for a depositor bailout at Silicon Valley Bank, now will solicit funds with David Sacks, one of the loudest supporters of that policy.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Buy Now, Pay Later Customers Face Financial Precarity
A new report from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau details the financial profiles of BNPL borrowers.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
East Palestine Residents Are Still Skeptical
High-profile visits, shoddy testing protocols, and unclear FEMA assistance guidelines leave residents worried.
Posted inNewsletters
Mourning on the Red Cedar River
Three college students are left dead. Five injured. The rest of the state is wracked in grief.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Senate Republicans Claim to Care About Taxpayer Rights
In the first hearing for Daniel Werfel to head the IRS, Democrats praised the Inflation Reduction Act as Republicans derided the agency’s new funding.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Chemical Desolation in Appalachia
Freight rail companies are running their trains ragged to boost profits. Sometimes they crash.
Posted inEducation in America
Will the Education Culture War Backfire on Republicans?
Conservative screaming about wokeness is a substitute for the old priorities of school vouchers and weakening of public education. Polls show that parents don’t agree.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Reanimating the Taxman
The impossible task ahead for the newly flush Internal Revenue Service
Posted inWorking in America
USDA Ignores Its Own Proposed Labor Standards
The department has yet to implement a rule requiring its contractors to obey labor laws.
