The FCC has implemented new rules, but the decades-old problem requires stronger tactics.
Science, Tech, Environment
Posted inPolitics
Heidi Heitkamp Lobbies Against a Democratic FCC
The former Democratic senator is running misleading ads claiming that FCC nominee Gigi Sohn would be bad for rural America.
Posted inCoronavirus
China’s Mysterious Vaccination Failure
Why did the Communist government fail to inoculate so many of its seniors?
Posted inEconomic Policy
Supply Chain Fixes, Energy Transition Take Major Steps Forward
Nobody will tell you, but Congress came closer to re-regulating an economic sector while the president began the wartime mobilization of clean energy.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Fertilizer Firms Spread Wealth to Shareholders as Farmers Weather Extreme Prices
U.S. officials have banned fertilizer imports from key overseas competitors while domestic firms fork over billions in stock buybacks.
Posted inEconomic Policy
The Gulf States’ Tech Play
Saudi Arabia and the UAE use prodigious investments in technology firms as a political weapon.
Posted inAmerica and the World
War in Ukraine Shifts European, American Views on Energy Dependence
Relying on authoritarian states for fuel supplies turns out to be a dismal geopolitical strategy.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Bloomberg’s Military Investments Unknown as He Heads to Pentagon Position
The billionaire former mayor was tapped to chair the Defense Innovation Board, a go-between for the military and Silicon Valley.
Posted inPolitics
Inflation-Fighting Legislative Agenda Takes Shape
An ocean shipping regulatory bill got attached to a broader reshoring bill. There’s now an emerging bipartisan agenda to dismantle misguided, corporate-friendly policies.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Rollups: The Big Tech Monopoly Down on the Farm
John Deere refuses to allow farmers to repair their own equipment. That’s because it wants to control farm technology and data, critics contend.
