Corporate welfare

Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders

Bernie Sanders Is the Realist We Should Elect Bernie Sanders Is the Realist We Should Elect

Sanders’s message is clear: Trust yourself. Come together, take back the country and make this nation better. 

Jan 26, 2016 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

The Poisoning of Flint

The Poisoning of Flint The Poisoning of Flint

Decades of catastrophic austerity policies and ruinous government fealty to corporate interests are jeopardizing the people of Michigan—and the rest of the country.  

Jan 19, 2016 / Editorial / Katrina vanden Heuvel

The Uber app being used in front of a taxicab.

Could Unions Disrupt Uber’s Empire? Could Unions Disrupt Uber’s Empire?

Seattle’s drivers are fighting—and beating—the Uberization of their work.

Dec 23, 2015 / Michelle Chen

Texas Memorial Stadium, University of Texas at Austin.

The University of Texas Just Handed Out a $6 Million Golden Parachute The University of Texas Just Handed Out a $6 Million Golden Parachute

The nation’s biggest college sports program just paid its new director $6 million to quit.

Sep 16, 2015 / Dave Zirin

September 7, 1979: Chrysler Asks the US Government for a Bailout

September 7, 1979: Chrysler Asks the US Government for a Bailout September 7, 1979: Chrysler Asks the US Government for a Bailout

“The lesson is that the failure of U.S. industry derives from the failure of corporate-government policies that equate the interests of the American citizen with political and econ...

Sep 7, 2015 / 150th Anniversary / Richard Kreitner

Dodd-Frank Signing

Five Years After Dodd-Frank, ‘It’s Still a Financial System That Needs Reform’ Five Years After Dodd-Frank, ‘It’s Still a Financial System That Needs Reform’

A conversation with a former lawmaker who championed many of the law’s most significant provisions.

Jul 23, 2015 / Zoë Carpenter

Bobby Jindal Broke Louisiana So Badly That Even the GOP Doesn’t Want Him

Bobby Jindal Broke Louisiana So Badly That Even the GOP Doesn’t Want Him Bobby Jindal Broke Louisiana So Badly That Even the GOP Doesn’t Want Him

Inevitability is just about the only thing animating Jindal’s presidential bid.

Jun 24, 2015 / Zoë Carpenter

James Clyburn. Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi

The TPP Tipping Point The TPP Tipping Point

A revolt by liberal Democrats heralds a new politics.

Jun 17, 2015 / Editorial / William Greider

Protest against TPP in Japan

What’s the True Cost of Free Trade? What’s the True Cost of Free Trade?

The price for deals like TPP is paid in forced migration and the refugee crises that are rolling around the globe.

Jun 17, 2015 / Beneath the Radar / Gary Younge

If Elizabeth Warren Were Running for President, This Would Be Her Agenda

If Elizabeth Warren Were Running for President, This Would Be Her Agenda If Elizabeth Warren Were Running for President, This Would Be Her Agenda

She just provided a blueprint for how Democrats should attack continued financial reform.

Apr 16, 2015 / Blog / George Zornick

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