Corporations

Monopoly Man at Equifax hearing

6 Ways to Rein In Today’s Toxic Monopolies 6 Ways to Rein In Today’s Toxic Monopolies

Monopolies are strangling competition and cutting off opportunity. Here’s how to stop them.

Feb 16, 2018 / Stacy Mitchell

Buffett and Gates

By the Numbers: The Rise of Monopolies By the Numbers: The Rise of Monopolies

Industry consolidation has squashed competition and created huge profits for a tiny elite.

Feb 15, 2018 / Emmalina Glinskis

Amazon Doesn’t Just Want to Dominate the Market—It Wants to Become the Market

Amazon Doesn’t Just Want to Dominate the Market—It Wants to Become the Market Amazon Doesn’t Just Want to Dominate the Market—It Wants to Become the Market

The company is a radically new kind of monopoly with ambitions that dwarf those of earlier empires.

Feb 15, 2018 / Feature / Stacy Mitchell

Bill Gates and Warren Buffett

How Monopolies Gamed the System How Monopolies Gamed the System

And why we need to change the rules—again.

Feb 15, 2018 / The Nation

Elizabeth Warren’s ‘Big Fight’ Against Monopolies

Elizabeth Warren’s ‘Big Fight’ Against Monopolies Elizabeth Warren’s ‘Big Fight’ Against Monopolies

Warren speaks to The Nation about power, markets, and breaking up corporate giants.

Feb 15, 2018 / Feature / George Zornick

Senator Warren reacts to Sessions' hearing

Elizabeth Warren: The New Monopolies Are Destroying Our Economy and Democracy Elizabeth Warren: The New Monopolies Are Destroying Our Economy and Democracy

George Zornick speaks to the senator, David Dayen on Warren Buffett, and Katha Pollitt on Trump and women.

Feb 15, 2018 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

McDonald's protesters fight for 15

Trump’s Labor Board Is Making it Even More Difficult to Unionize Fast-Food Workers Trump’s Labor Board Is Making it Even More Difficult to Unionize Fast-Food Workers

Upending Obama-era precedent, the NLRB is threatening the ability of workers at franchise restaurants to organize.

Feb 9, 2018 / Michelle Chen

Stop Trump’s Infrastructure Scam

Stop Trump’s Infrastructure Scam Stop Trump’s Infrastructure Scam

You can also join a campaign to make your community fossil fuel–free or show up to fight attacks on immigrant communities. 

Feb 6, 2018 / NationAction

Mnuchin Trump

Here Comes the Next Financial Crisis Here Comes the Next Financial Crisis

Trump’s deregulators are setting the economy on fire.

Feb 1, 2018 / Nomi Prins

Trump touring the Flint water plant

Trump’s Infrastructure Plan Could Destroy Our Nation’s Water Systems Trump’s Infrastructure Plan Could Destroy Our Nation’s Water Systems

Privatization and deregulation could damage city water supplies and lead to pollution of our natural environment.

Jan 30, 2018 / Michelle Chen

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