Environmentalists question the sustainability commitments made by Denver-based Civitas Resources.
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American Kleptocracy Revisited
Our investigative editor’s favorites for 2023
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The University of Phoenixification of Elite Education
What does the oligarch behind the ‘Ivy League antisemitism crisis’ actually want?
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Euthanize This (Merger)
The merger of Cigna and Humana, America’s fifth- and sixth-largest for-profit health insurers, would create a monster middleman to ‘compete’ with the undisputed giant, UnitedHealth.
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When a Feminist Content Sweatshop Was the Coolest Thing On the Internet
Jezebel is widely blamed for starting “cancel culture.” But 16 years ago, most culture desperately needed to be canceled.
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The AMA Debates a Federal Ban on Corporate Medicine
A new guard is pushing the (once passionately pro-corporate) doctors’ trade group to clamp down on health care profiteering.
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The Slow Cooker of Corporate Flameouts
A band of Reddit contrarians tried to make Rite Aid the first meme stock. A truly staggering series of miscues thwarted their dreams.
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The Moral Authority of Marc Rowan
The private equity billionaire is leading a boycott of an Ivy League oligarch factory over a Palestinian literary festival it held last month.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Private Equity Intensifies Rollups of HVAC Installers
A report finds that corporate consolidation, an aging workforce, and high costs could keep heat pumps, a key technology of the Inflation Reduction Act, out of reach.
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The No Spin-Off Zone
The Kroger-Albertsons merger shows us why regulators need to permanently divest the concept of, well, divesting.