A new consumer financial protection agency at the state level can help offset federal neglect and protect the vulnerable.
Big Tech
Posted inBooks, Arts and Culture
‘We’re Outsourcing Our Decision-Making to Machines’
In her new film ‘Coded Bias,’ filmmaker Shalini Kantayya explores how algorithms deployed in our most essential institutions are rife with human biases.
Posted inPolitics
Former Top Google Lobbyist Speaking Tonight at DNC Convention
Susan Molinari is the mystery former Republican member of Congress endorsing Biden.
Posted inEducation in America
Ed Tech Cashes In on the Pandemic
As schools go virtual, digital learning threatens to replace teachers and deprive students of a real education.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Facebook’s Ever-Present Cloning Device
The company continues making knockoffs of its rivals’ products in an attempt to crush them, though Congress blew the whistle on that last week.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Wall Street’s Newest Way to Part Investors From Their Money
SPACs, or special purpose acquisition companies, have become a hot product. As usual, that’s good news for the big guys and bad news for the little guys.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
The Big Tech Hearings Could Be a Model for Corporate Accountability
Other House committees could put the heads of major industries under the spotlight.
Posted inTAP
Trump and TikTok: Where’s My Cut?
Today on TAP: Beyond taxation, regulation, co-determination, and even expropriation
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Big Tech Earnings Confirm Allegations of Excessive Market Power
The Big Four companies took in $206 billion in revenue in the same quarter the economy fell off a cliff.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
The Triumphant Return of Congress
At Wednesday’s Big Tech hearings, the House Antitrust Subcommittee showed what informed politicians and a real investigation can do.
