The Rise and Fall of the American Fraudster The Rise and Fall of the American Fraudster
From crypto titan Sam Bankman-Fried to snake oil doctor Mehmet Oz, financial and political scam artists are finally getting what's coming to them.
Nov 30, 2022 / Chris Lehmann
Democrats and the Crypto Meltdown Democrats and the Crypto Meltdown
On this week's episode of The Time of Monsters, David Klion on the centrist elites allied with a Ponzi scheme.
The Democrats Have a Crypto Problem The Democrats Have a Crypto Problem
The high costs of taking money from Sam Bankman-Fried.
Nov 18, 2022 / Jeet Heer
Money From Nothing: Sam Bankman-Fried’s Crypto Shakedown Money From Nothing: Sam Bankman-Fried’s Crypto Shakedown
The late crypto platform FTX was a clearinghouse of info-capitalist delusion.
Nov 14, 2022 / Feature / Timi Iwayemi
Democracy Is on the Ballot. But Will It Decide the Election? Democracy Is on the Ballot. But Will It Decide the Election?
Democrats are still not connecting the authoritarian threat to the wider GOP agenda.
Nov 7, 2022 / Jeet Heer
Why Isn’t Kathy Hochul Running Away With Her Race for Reelection? Why Isn’t Kathy Hochul Running Away With Her Race for Reelection?
Republican Lee Zeldin is pro-Trump, anti-choice, and running in a state Joe Biden carried by 23 percent—yet recent polls put him within the statistical margin of error of pulling o...
Oct 27, 2022 / Ross Barkan
Leaderless, Rudderless Britain Is at the Mercy of Desperate Conservatives Leaderless, Rudderless Britain Is at the Mercy of Desperate Conservatives
Liz Truss was a hopeless, incompetent leader. But the temptation of a return to the discredited certainties of free-market dogma proved impossible for her party to resist.
Oct 21, 2022 / Gary Younge
Liz Truss or No Liz Truss, Things Are Bleaker in Britain Than Anyone Realizes Liz Truss or No Liz Truss, Things Are Bleaker in Britain Than Anyone Realizes
As jaws drop around the world over the resignation of the UK’s shortest-lived prime minister, life here is getting considerably worse by the day.
Oct 20, 2022 / Natasha Hakimi Zapata
Electric Vehicles Won’t Save Us Electric Vehicles Won’t Save Us
A national fleet of battery-powered cars is unlikely to prove sustainable and could have catastrophic consequences globally.
Oct 18, 2022 / Stan Cox and Priti Gulati Cox
The Racial Volcano Explodes in Los Angeles The Racial Volcano Explodes in Los Angeles
The current crisis has unleashed unleashed a firestorm of protest that could further divide the city’s communities. But it is also a chance to forge real unity in opposition to the...
Oct 14, 2022 / Bill Gallegos and Bill Fletcher Jr.