Hundreds of billions of dollars are scheduled for industries private equity dominates. Advocates want to make sure workers and families benefit, not financiers.
Money Politics & Power
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
The Planet Depends on the Next Federal Reserve Chair
In the debate over whether to retain Jerome Powell, not enough attention has focused on the climate crisis.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Prop 22, and California’s Constitutional Absurdity
Why doesn’t the state figure out whether ballot initiatives are legal before people vote on them?
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Funding From Amazon Sunders a Worker-Consumer Alliance
Union leaders quit the board of the National Consumers League in protest.
Posted inPolitics
Clintonism’s Zombie
Making sense of Josh Gottheimer’s attempts to sabotage the Democratic agenda
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
The Investigator: Sen. Carl Levin (1934–2021)
The anti-kleptocracy campaigns of the Michigan lawmaker were ahead of their time.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Corporate Lobbyists Seek ‘Grassroots’ Support for Forced Arbitration
Emails reveal a conservative tactic to promote forced arbitration in Arizona: offer $2,000 to sign a local newspaper op-ed.
Posted inHousing
The Eviction Crisis Is a Rental Assistance Crisis
A law designed not to work has put millions at risk of losing their homes.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Beware Wall Street Democrats Calling for Austerity
We’ve heard this siren song before. Whose interests are they articulating?
Posted inPolitics
How a Newsom Recall Could End the Democrats’ U.S. Senate Majority
Polls show the September vote will be close. Here’s how the Democrats can prevail.
