Investment firms have bought up emergency medical service companies, squeezing soaring profits from vulnerable patients.
Agenda 2020
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
The New Uprising on a Country Road
Stephen Smith has brought an organizer’s mentality to his campaign for governor of West Virginia. He’s not just trying to win an election, but build a movement.
Posted inBooks
Watch Live: ‘The Stakes’ with Robert Kuttner
“A progressive appeal and a progressive candidate are needed, both to beat Trump and to reclaim America.”
Posted inWorking in America
Joe Biden, MIA
As Prospect staff writer Alex Sammon has noted, the most important piece of legislation currently pending in any of the nation’s 50 state legislatures has seen something of a generational divide among Democrats. The bill, AB5, would conform California’s labor law to a ruling of the state’s Supreme Court that required employers to reclassify workers […]
Posted inLaw and Justice
Ending the BigLaw Racket: A Conversation With Brian Fallon
The co-founder of Demand Justice has called on the next Democratic president to reject corporate lawyers for judicial nominations.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Climate Activists Win Partial Victory in Climate Debate Battle
At the resolutions committee meeting Thursday morning, two hours of debate only yielded a non-DNC sanctioned discussion—not a climate debate.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Hedge Fund Cash Flows to Presidential Candidates—at Puerto Rico’s Expense
Of the Democratic field, only Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren have returned the money.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Activists Fear Imminent Betrayal From DNC Quashing Climate Debate
Tomorrow the DNC votes on a resolution to hold a climate debate, but Chair Tom Perez’s competing resolution would undermine that effort.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
The Super State Strategy
Grassroots organizers Ethan Todras-Whitehill and Catherine Vaughan of Swing Left discuss their plans to restore democratic accountability.
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Have Democrats Forgotten How to Do Oversight?
Some advice from old pros on how—and why—to go after the myriad misdeeds of Trumpworld
