Eschewing policies to lower costs here, the president tells drug companies to raise their prices abroad. (We’re not making this up.)
Big Tech
Posted inEconomic Policy
The Big Tax Lie: Corporations Should Stop Complaining About Taxes They Rarely Paid
The new tax law hurts most workers and the country in the long run, while companies continue to reel in huge profits without creating jobs or paying their fair share.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Net Neutrality and the Danger of a Corporatized Democracy
The internet is now an ATM for big business. The only people who will suffer are the ones who can’t afford to pay to play in Washington.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Up Against Big Tech
The old challenges of concentrated economic and political power now confront us in new forms.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Q&A: Will Trump Bring Real Reform to Troubled H-1B Visa Program?
As part of his America First agenda, the president has targeted the skilled guest-worker visa program. But substantial fixes will require navigating a complex political landscape.Â
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Spectrum Auction Gives Billions to Billionaires
Congress’s rigged auction to reallocate public airwaves from broadcast to broadband service is lining the pockets of telecommunications industry fat cats in a massive taxpayer giveaway.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Municipalities Dream Big on Broadband
Major internet service providers are on the defensive as smaller communities strategize to take their internet future into their own hands.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Three Strategies to Beat the NRA
Gun safety advocates who until now have relied largely on traditional lobbying need to broaden their strategy to include partnerships with gun owners and civil disobedience.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
The Other Tech Bubble
How tech companies became detached from urban life and its problems—even when the city is their home.
Posted inAmerica and the World
Will Big Finance Join the Fight to Curb Global Warming?
Economic imperatives are starting to drive the fight against global warming, and that could be a game changer.
