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Antitrust For The Many, Not The Few Antitrust For The Many, Not The Few

Somebody needs to challenge Facebook's outsized power over the media. It should be a cooperative association, not another unaccountable behemoth.

Nov 20, 2018 / Nathan Schneider

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The Scam at the Heart of New York’s Amazon Deal The Scam at the Heart of New York’s Amazon Deal

New York is struggling with competing housing, education, and transit crises. So why is it giving billions to a voracious mega-monopoly?

Nov 19, 2018 / Jarrett Murphy

Ocasio-Cortez and Pressley

Progressive Economics Are Ascendant—Among Democrats, and at the Ballot Box Progressive Economics Are Ascendant—Among Democrats, and at the Ballot Box

It’s good politics and good policy, and should be a winning formula in 2020.

Nov 15, 2018 / Chris Hughes

Tim Wu

Tim Wu Goes After the Titans of the New Gilded Age Tim Wu Goes After the Titans of the New Gilded Age

The Columbia law professor says the economy has been “conquered by inhuman creatures’’—corporations.

Nov 13, 2018 / Q&A / Christopher Shay

Seattle Minimum Wage Protest

Trump May Soon Deal Yet Another Blow to Union Rights Trump May Soon Deal Yet Another Blow to Union Rights

Rolling back so-called “joint-employer” protections could undermine the Fight for 15 and other vital campaigns.

Nov 9, 2018 / Michelle Chen

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Today Americans Determine Our Political Future Today Americans Determine Our Political Future

Five contests that could signal where we’re headed on climate change, criminal-justice reform, financial reform, net neutrality, and militarism.

Nov 6, 2018 / John Nichols

Marriott Strike

How Marriott Fuels Racial Inequality How Marriott Fuels Racial Inequality

Predatory lending and predatory-employment practices are squeezing workers of color at the world’s largest hotel company.

Nov 2, 2018 / Amy Traub

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The Future of Net Neutrality The Future of Net Neutrality

Internet freedom went from hot-button issue to political sideshow. What happened?

Nov 1, 2018 / Evan Malmgren

Bankers of the World, Unite!

Bankers of the World, Unite! Bankers of the World, Unite!

To stabilize our economy, we should unionize the financial sector.

Oct 19, 2018 / Mike Konczal

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Letters From the November 12, 2018, Issue Letters From the November 12, 2018, Issue

Holding banks to account… A radical cure… Time for Amazonian outrage…    

Oct 18, 2018 / Our Readers

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