But this time around, the Justice Department isn’t interested in challenging antitrust violations.
Harold Meyerson
Posted inWorking in America
With Uber’s Stock Tanking, Trump’s NLRB Rides to Its Rescue
The Board chose today to release a month-old memo saying Uber drivers can’t unionize.
Posted inEconomic Policy
The Malign Cluelessness of the Billionaire Bourgeoisie
Capitalism is more unpopular than ever—but the billionaire class has yet to catch on.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Trump Did What Nixon Did, but Today’s GOP Won’t Convict
With the assistance of Fox News and its ilk, Republicans have cocooned themselves against all evidence.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
How Think Progress Would Have Attacked Franklin Roosevelt
The Center for American Progress is hardly the first institution to label liberals and leftists of some means as inauthentic or hypocritical for their own attacks on concentrated wealth.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
House Democrats Play Dirty to Shut Out Progressive New Voices
The new rule against primary challenges is meant to tilt the party more towards the center.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
The Trumpians: A Confederacy of Dunces, a Dunciad of Neo-Confederates
The president’s ability to find steadily less qualified and more dangerous appointees is impressive.
Posted inAmerica and the World
Ahem — Not All of Us Were Wrong About China (or About Wall Street, Either)
The blame for China’s rise—and the accompanying rise of the authoritarian model—rests with American big business.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
So Trump Didn’t Collude — He’s Still the Most Dangerous President in U.S. History
With or without Russia, the president poses a grave threat to our republic.
Posted inEconomic Policy
A Groundbreaking New Enterprise: Buybax!
Want to make a killing in the stock market without actually creating anything of value? Try Buybax!