Four decades of intensifying corporate concentration turned the music industry into a wasteland of institutionalized control and abuse. Are antitrust enforcers ready to reckon with that?
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The Left’s Fragile Foundations
Could a weaponized Trump IRS wreck the progressive infrastructure by attacking the entire nonprofit ecosystem?
Posted inEducation in America
School’s Out
Demographic crashes and rising costs threaten an entire segment of higher education.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Escape From the Box
New technology and old tactics have made buying a car a death march of deception. Jase Patrick, who spent 15 years in the business, reveals the dealer secrets.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
The Unknown Toll of the AI Takeover
As artificial intelligence guzzles water supplies and jacks up consumers’ electricity rates, why isn’t anyone tracking the resources being consumed?
Posted inPolitics
The Newcomer From the Shop Floor
Dan Osborn is a mechanic who had never been to Washington until this month and doesn’t own a suit. He wants to be Nebraska’s U.S. senator, running as an independent.
Posted inAmerica and the World
Eurocrats on the Brink
In a world on fire, with corporate and anti-democratic forces rising, why are European policymakers so slow to react?
Posted inLaw and Justice
Still Bring Us Your Tired
Bad policy and worse politics threaten the post-WWII imperative to admit victims of persecution. But in parts of America, humanitarian migration remains a cherished tradition.
Posted inAmerica and the World
How Biden Boxed Himself In on Gaza
The president draws on 50 years of unflagging support for Israel, and not even a humanitarian crisis can dislodge him from that viewpoint.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Against the Wind
Climate science deniers, right-wing think tanks, and fossil fuel shills are plotting to foil the renewable-energy revolution.
