Boston Mayor Michelle Wu’s first-term achievements shine, but numerous challenges persist after her re-election.
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Big Banks Behaving Badly
Decades of consolidation have made large financial institutions the primary partners for small businesses. Two case studies show how banks destroy businesses with automated systems, rather than personal relationships. Meanwhile, America’s relatively meager safeguards are being radically dismantled.
Posted inAmerica and the World
This Greenland Is Red
The small island nation has one of the largest and most successful portfolios of state-owned companies in the world. What?
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Down and Out on the Crypto Frontier
In Wyoming, the Delaware of cryptocurrency, industry players celebrated their fortunes and said everyone will benefit. But workers haven’t seen it.
Posted inPolitics
Can Resistance Succeed?
The more authoritarian Trump becomes, the more he provokes effective opposition.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
The Illusion of Choice
Republicans say that VA patients can get equivalent private-sector care anywhere in the U.S. Here’s a 50-state reality check.
Posted inPolitics
The Premature Guide to Post-Trump Reform
American history offers three general strategies of repair and renewal.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Do SNAP Food Restrictions Help Health, or Punish Poor People?
Indiana is among several states restricting the purchase of sugary foods with nutrition assistance funds.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Is the Price Too Steep for D.C. to Bring Back the Commanders?
Nearly everyone wants the NFL team back in Washington, but it won’t be cheap.
Posted inPolitics
Greg Casar Is Organizing to Win
The new chair of the Progressive Caucus wants to do for Democrats what he did for construction workers in Texas.