The fight in Congress heats up over surprise medical billing, another abuse of the public driven by the private equity industry.
Private Equity
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Fighters Fight Ultimate Fighting
Here’s the true test of this age of corporate power: You can throw a dart at a board (one that includes all sectors of the economy, so a pretty big board) and inevitably hit a concentrated, exploitative industry. Today I toss a bull’s-eye toward … mixed martial arts! Not that you’d know this but there’s […]
Posted inCivil Rights in America
The Jobs Really Most Threatened by Machines
It’s not truckers. It’s cashiers.
Posted inWorking in America
How Workers Can Demand Climate Justice
A Bargaining for the Common Good approach to the climate crisis
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The Pointless Caucus Chaos
Caucuses are an exclusionary and inferior option for selecting political preferences. Numerous states, including Colorado, Utah, Minnesota, Nebraska, and Washington, scrapped their caucus systems for the 2020 cycle, with the DNC encouraging the switch. Only four states will use caucuses on the Democratic side. But two of them—Iowa and Nevada—happen to be the crucial early […]
Posted inEconomic Policy
The Business Roundtable’s Strange Outbreak of Social Conscience
Needed: less public relations blather and more pitchforks
Posted inBooks, Arts and Culture
A Public Option Might Be Journalism’s Last Best Hope
Democratic candidates are returning en masse to Great Society–era policies, which may also hold the key to rescuing the Fourth Estate.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Democrats Are Ignoring the Power of the Hospital Industry
And this will doom any meaningful reform.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Democrats Must Reframe 2020 Around Trump’s Corruption
Predicting an economic downturn shouldn’t be the focus when even a good economy fails to benefit everyone.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Private Equity’s Next Leveraged Buyout Might Be the Oval Office
Several candidates who have taken donor cash from private-equity barons have remained silent about the threat posed by the industry.