In refugee-style camps from Matamoros to Tijuana, hundreds of asylum seekers are forced to wait under the Remain in Mexico policy—with dangerous implications for public health.
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Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
SoftBank’s Blurry Vision
SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son lost $70 billion when the first tech bubble burst. His Vision Fund is heavily invested in practically every tech IPO disaster this year.
Posted inAmerica and the World
The Biggest Rogue States of the Climate Crisis
China, Russia, and Saudi Arabia have come in well behind the greenhouse gas emissions goals the world needs to stave off the worst effects of a warming planet.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
JPMorgan Gets Back Into the Electricity Business
An El Paso, Texas, electric utility is being purchased by an investment fund with deep, undisclosed ties to the big bank.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
How Private Equity Makes You Sicker
Investment firms have created consolidated hospital empires across America, leading to closures, higher prices, and suffering.
Posted inWorking in America
SEIU Members Outshine Journalists in Questioning Candidates
At a labor forum in Los Angeles, real issues faced by workers took center stage over political noise.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Cannabis, the Bipartisan Wonder Drug
Senate Republicans say impeachment will stop legislative progress. But the House embraced a bipartisan measure this week designed to give marijuana businesses unfettered banking access. Will the Senate back it?
Posted inDay One Agenda
Wait a Minute, Could John Roberts Block All of This?
How the Supreme Court might frustrate the effort to use statutory authority to advance a progressive agenda, and why the next president should follow through anyway
Posted inWorking in America
UAW Members’ Resolve Stiffens as GM Strike Continues
The longest nationwide strike at the automaker since 1970 is reawakening a spirit among union members about what it means to take collective action.
Posted inDay One Agenda
Sanders and Warren Vow to Legalize Marijuana Through Executive Action
The presidential candidates confirmed to the Prospect that their attorney general would delist cannabis from the Controlled Substances Act.
