A neofascist who opposes corporate globalism is still a neofascist—and a threat to democracy.
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Posted inLaw and Justice
President Biden Must Appoint More Corporate Skeptics to Federal Courts
Republicans have been blasting right-wing propaganda at the judiciary for 50 years.
Posted inWorking in America
How Secret ‘Bondage Fees’ Trap Contracted Workers in Low-Wage Jobs
Though the Federal Trade Commission is proposing to ban noncompete agreements, other kinds of restrictive covenants perform a very similar function.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Big Tech Lobbyists Explain How They Took Over Washington
An amazing research paper unearths how the tech industry invented the concept of digital trade and sold it to government officials.
Posted inEconomic Policy
The Forgotten Left Economics Tradition
In the Progressive and New Deal eras, there was a markedly different response to rising prices, and a different usage of economic theory.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Nursing Home Bosses Lavish Campaign Money on Florida
Lawmakers, including Gov. Ron DeSantis, have been enriched by a powerful crop of out-of-state owners seeking carve-outs for their industry.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Our Two-Tiered Justice System and the Trump Indictment
Corporate crime enforcement in America has been pathetic for decades. One prosecution of a guy screaming to be prosecuted doesn’t change that.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Farmers Pay Big Ag to Lobby Against Them
The checkoff program, intended for marketing promotion but used as a slush fund for consolidated agricultural interests, is facing pressure for reform.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
The Chickenshit Club, Climate Edition
Government lawyers would rather approve 30 years of Arctic drilling than lose in court.
Posted inTrade
Corporations Dominate Trade Advisory Panels
Trade advisers get special access to agreements and can comment on them before they are made public. More than 4 out of 5 advisers represent corporations.
