How Students in Seattle Got More School Counselors—Paid for by the City’s Wealthiest Corporations How Students in Seattle Got More School Counselors—Paid for by the City’s Wealthiest Corporations
Local politicians said it couldn't be done. The Seattle Times said it shouldn't be done. The students stuck to their demands and proved them wrong.
Jan 19, 2024 / Natalya McConnell
Pete Buttigieg Refuses to Reform a Dangerously Unsafe Airline Industry Pete Buttigieg Refuses to Reform a Dangerously Unsafe Airline Industry
Countless near misses and faulty equipment require systematic attack—not soothing rhetoric.
Jan 12, 2024 / Jeet Heer
Only Joe Biden Can Stop The War in Gaza—Plus “Corporate Bullsh*t” Only Joe Biden Can Stop The War in Gaza—Plus “Corporate Bullsh*t”
On this episode of Start Making Sense, Amy Wilentz analyzes Israeli politics, left, right, and center; and Joan Walsh talks about the lies that defend profits.
Jan 10, 2024 / Podcast / Jon Wiener
This Journalist Is Uncovering the Dirty Side of Fast Fashion This Journalist Is Uncovering the Dirty Side of Fast Fashion
Alden Wicker, author of To Dye For, wants our clothes to stop poisoning us.
Jan 10, 2024 / Danielle Renwick
Meet Ralph Nader’s Rebellious CEOs Meet Ralph Nader’s Rebellious CEOs
Can business legitimately earn its social license in a time of crisis?
Jan 9, 2024 / Vincent Stanley
Meet William Ackman, America’s Most Entitled Donor Meet William Ackman, America’s Most Entitled Donor
The hedge-fund activist’s attacks on Harvard and Claudine Gay have gotten much notice; less attention has been paid to the toll his financial activities have taken on the country....
Jan 8, 2024 / Michael Massing
Throwing the Book at Amazon’s Monopoly Hold on Publishing Throwing the Book at Amazon’s Monopoly Hold on Publishing
It’s a common trope in movies: A mob enforcer walks into a shop, looks around, and then says to the owner, “Nice place you got here. It’d be a shame if something happened to it.” E…
Jan 8, 2024 / Sandeep Vaheesan and Tara Pincock
Shawn Fain’s New Year’s Resolution Is to Lay the Ground for a National Strike Shawn Fain’s New Year’s Resolution Is to Lay the Ground for a National Strike
By having contracts with all the Big Three automakers expire on May Day, 2028, the UAW president also issued a challenge to the labor movement. Will his union be ready to meet it?...
Dec 28, 2023 / Jonathan Rosenblum
Big Oil Is Greenwashing the Planet Big Oil Is Greenwashing the Planet
The hosting of the recent COP28 climate summit by the United Arab Emirates is just one instance.
Dec 26, 2023 / Juan Cole
Whose “It’s a Wonderful Life” Is It Anyway? Whose “It’s a Wonderful Life” Is It Anyway?
How everybody’s favorite Christmas movie about the perils of monopoly capitalism became a victim of monopoly capitalism.
Dec 25, 2023 / Ray Nowosielski and David Cassidy