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Democratic Consultants Should Stop Working for Corporate Clients Democratic Consultants Should Stop Working for Corporate Clients

The Democratic Party’s top talent is working to undermine the party’s progressive agenda.

Feb 22, 2019 / Rebecca Kirszner Katz

Elizabeth Warren Is Not Afraid of the Democrats

Elizabeth Warren Is Not Afraid of the Democrats Elizabeth Warren Is Not Afraid of the Democrats

The 2020 presidential candidate has a long track record of opposing lobbyists, billionaires, the Republicans—and her own party.

Feb 21, 2019 / Feature / George Zornick

Abandoned newspaper vending machines, Covina, California, 2011.

Are We Witnessing the End of News? Are We Witnessing the End of News?

If you think the media are in trouble now, just wait till there’s a recession.

Feb 20, 2019 / Column / Eric Alterman

Protest

Amazon’s Defeat Is Local and Global Amazon’s Defeat Is Local and Global

By tying their fight against Amazon to bigger structural problems, activists in Queens showed us a way forward for transnational anti-corporate politics.

Feb 17, 2019 / Jamie Merchant

Anti-Brexit demonstrators

Brexit Is Deadlocked as the Countdown Continues Brexit Is Deadlocked as the Countdown Continues

The UK Parliament is at an impasse, and both main parties are at risk of fracturing.

Feb 14, 2019 / Between Us, We Cover the World / Paul Mason

Denver Post protests

Got Local News? Not if the Vultures at Alden Capital Grab Gannett Got Local News? Not if the Vultures at Alden Capital Grab Gannett

“Journalism will only die if we choose not to fight for it,” says Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

Feb 8, 2019 / Julie Reynolds

Howard Schultz Tests His Centrist Messaging

Howard Schultz Tests His Centrist Messaging Howard Schultz Tests His Centrist Messaging

ignore this…

Feb 7, 2019 / Comix Nation / Peter Kuper

How Corporate Monopolies Are Dragging Down Your Paycheck

How Corporate Monopolies Are Dragging Down Your Paycheck How Corporate Monopolies Are Dragging Down Your Paycheck

If T-Mobile and Sprint merge, it could drive down wages for retail workers by thousands of dollars a year.

Feb 6, 2019 / Michelle Chen

Foxconn Madison Agreement

Will Foxconn Steal Wisconsin’s Intellectual Property? Will Foxconn Steal Wisconsin’s Intellectual Property?

Fuzzy contracts and poor transparency could let the company exploit researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

Feb 5, 2019 / Nick Bowlin

Occupy Oakland

Economic Nationalism Is Suicide Economic Nationalism Is Suicide

Our inability to think globally pushes us further into a world of growing jingoism and martial confrontation.

Feb 5, 2019 / Jamie Merchant

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