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Money, Politics, and Power
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The Curious Partner in Big Banks’ Drive to Weaken Capital Rules
Why are civil rights groups and Black mayors concerned with the profits of giant financial institutions?
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Google’s China Policy
How the National Security Council is trying to take over regulation of global data flows on the basis of what’s good for Big Tech
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Guns, Race, and Stats: The Three Deadliest Weapons in America
Why is the mainstream media peddling the gun lobby’s fake stats on Black gun ownership?
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Sean McElwee Consulted for New Centrist Polling Project
The Democratic strategist who was thrown out of his own firm for gambling on races he polled, working for crypto firms, and allegedly engaging in campaign finance violations is back.
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A Star Witness Against Google: Google’s AI Chatbot
Bard is remarkably candid about the company’s intentions to leverage Big Data into AI to make its rivals, and the rest of the web, irrelevant.
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Breaking the Dominion Uniparty in Virginia
Clean Virginia and its opposition to the state’s monopoly utility was a hidden driver of election results.
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The Slow Cooker of Corporate Flameouts
A band of Reddit contrarians tried to make Rite Aid the first meme stock. A truly staggering series of miscues thwarted their dreams.
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Apple’s Cooperation on Right to Repair May Be a Bait and Switch
The White House praises the tech giant’s support for federal pro-repair legislation—but Apple’s vertical dominance puts into question what a national right-to-repair law would actually look like.
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The Corporate Capture of DEI
How America’s capitalists sugarcoat reactionary policies with cheap support for diversity, equity, and inclusion
