Fighting Inequality After Occupy Wall Street Fighting Inequality After Occupy Wall Street
Policies to address America’s enormous wealth disparities are now on the political map in a way they weren’t before Occupy Wall Street.
Sep 20, 2021 / Feature / Bryce Covert
Democracy’s Money Problem Democracy’s Money Problem
Comparing democracies across the world, a new book reveals that when it comes to financing elections they are not that democratic at all.
Aug 11, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Jan-Werner Müller
Dark Money, the Supreme Court, and the Fate of LGBTQ+ Rights Dark Money, the Supreme Court, and the Fate of LGBTQ+ Rights
The NAACP, the ACLU, and the Human Rights Campaign—the country’s largest LGBTQ+ political organization—have all joined forces with the Koch network–funded Americans for Prosperity ...
Jun 21, 2021 / Joanna Wuest and Briana Last
ALEC’s Corporate Funders Are Complicit in State-Based Assaults on Voting Rights and Democracy ALEC’s Corporate Funders Are Complicit in State-Based Assaults on Voting Rights and Democracy
More than 300 voting rights groups and their allies demand that corporations cut ties with the American Legislative Exchange Council.
Jun 17, 2021 / John Nichols
The Biden State Department Nominee Who Worked for Saudi Arabia and Big Oil The Biden State Department Nominee Who Worked for Saudi Arabia and Big Oil
Financial disclosure forms reveal that one of the president’s nominees, Jose Fernandez, worked for Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund and fossil fuel companies, including Chevro...
May 5, 2021 / Aída Chávez
What Next for Amazon Workers? What Next for Amazon Workers?
How labor can leverage the current antitrust revival to advance unionization at Amazon and other giant corporations.
Apr 27, 2021 / Nelson Lichtenstein
The Saudi Lobby Moves From K Street to Main Street The Saudi Lobby Moves From K Street to Main Street
By enlisting community members across the US to peddle the best version of the Kingdom, the Saudi lobby has given its brand an American-as-apple-pie shine.
Apr 21, 2021 / Benjamin Freeman, Brian Steiner, and Leila Riazi
McConnell Has No Trouble With Corporate Speech—as Long as It Takes the Form of Bribery McConnell Has No Trouble With Corporate Speech—as Long as It Takes the Form of Bribery
The minority leader has a problem with corporations that call out Jim Crow voting restrictions. But he’s still happy to take their dirty money,
Apr 9, 2021 / John Nichols
New Bills Could Stop Private Prisons From Cutting Deals With ICE New Bills Could Stop Private Prisons From Cutting Deals With ICE
An increasing number of states are passing legislation that makes it harder for local governments to sign contracts with for-profit prison companies.
Apr 2, 2021 / Left Coast / Sasha Abramsky
Why Did Border Security Firms Bet on Biden in 2020? Why Did Border Security Firms Bet on Biden in 2020?
The 13 top border contractors for CBP and ICE donated three times as much money to the Biden campaign than they did to Trump.
Mar 25, 2021 / Todd Miller