The agency used its dormant rulemaking authority to prohibit the wage suppression tactic. Conservatives are already positioning to fight the rule in the courts.
Luke Goldstein
Luke Goldstein is a reporter at The Lever, a reader-supported investigative news outlet.
Posted inPolitics
Gigi Sohn: Round Two
She has been renominated as a commissioner for the FCC, which would break a partisan deadlock at the agency and give Democrats the majority.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Rural Pennsylvanians Stranded by Health Care Giants
Insurer UPMC and its new pharmacy benefit manager Express Scripts are squeezing local independent pharmacies, with residents caught in the crossfire.
Posted inPolitics
Democratic Majority at the FCC Still Blocked
The nomination of Gigi Sohn for the fifth commissioner’s slot has languished for over a year. Numerous policies affecting telecom interests are at stake.
Posted inTransportation
Rail Companies Can’t Handle Traffic From Mississippi River Drought
Low water levels have pushed shippers who typically use river barges to use freight rail. But decades of strangled capacity makes rail a bad bet, too.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Rollups: The Big Data Machine Driving Online Sports Betting
DraftKings and FanDuel have maximized internet surveillance to wring as much out of their customers as possible.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Rollups: The Emerging Magic Mushroom Monopoly
Compass Pathways has been aggressively using patent claims to corner the market on psychedelic-assisted treatments.
Posted inAmerica and the World
How a Secretive Cyber Unit Censors Palestinians
The Israeli government’s ‘invisible handshake’ with Facebook silences speech—without recourse or accountability.