Rejecting surveillance capitalism means insisting, clearly and unapologetically, that markets should serve the people — not the other way around, writes NYC Department of Consumer and Worker Protection Commissioner Sam Levine.
Trump Wants Wall Street to Manage Your Retirement
Donald Trump is peddling a new plan that would steer Americans’ retirement dollars into Wall Street markets. Instead of shoring up the social safety net, financial experts warn that the White House is moving to privatize it.
The Profit Motive Behind New Alzheimer’s Treatments
Big Pharma and industry-funded advocacy groups are promoting Alzheimer’s blood testing that could label millions of Americans as sick — despite dangerous treatments for early diagnoses of the disease.
In Britain, Reform UK Defeats a Divided Left
Britain’s local elections saw many left-wing votes shift to Zack Polanski’s Greens. But while the Labour Party’s support is plummeting, the big winners were Reform UK, as Nigel Farage conquers former Labour heartlands.
Zohran Mamdani Is Right to Condemn West Bank Land Sales
After a rowdy protest outside a real estate event at Park East Synagogue, Mayor Zohran Mamdani was widely criticized for egging on the unrest by condemning the sale of West Bank properties. But the criticisms don’t stand up to scrutiny.
Socialism cannot mean merely managing capitalism more fairly. It must point toward a society where survival is no longer contingent on the market — and where democracy extends into the economy itself.
Taking a Good, Long Look Into Elon Musk and “Muskism”
A growing share of world infrastructure is dominated by the eccentric, reactionary, annoying billionaire Elon Musk. He is, regrettably, a key figure to understand — which Ben Tarnoff and Quinn Slobodian set out to do in Muskism.
The Democratic Candidate Closely Tied to Crypto and Big Tech
A crypto super PAC is intervening in a competitive Maryland Democratic primary to back Adrian Boafo, a lobbyist who has been working for cloud-computing tech firm Oracle while simultaneously serving as a state lawmaker.
An ICE Surveillance Vendor Is Misleading the Public
Edge Ops, the company behind a new immigrant-tracking system contracted by ICE, appears to have used stock photos, phantom past clients, and unverifiable executives on its website to market itself.
Disney Is Encouraging and Exploiting the Rise of “Kidults”
For most of the last half-century, the charge has been that American culture is stuck in adolescence. But adolescence, it turns out, was not the floor. Disney is leading the transformation, expanding into new age markets for maximum profit.
Neoliberalism didn’t win an intellectual argument — it won power. Vivek Chibber unpacks how employers and political elites in the 1970s and ’80s turned economic turmoil into an opportunity to reshape society on their terms.
Big Tech’s Cross-Border Abuses Demand an International Response
After content moderators working for a Meta contractor in Kenya organized against labor abuses, the tech giant announced it was discontinuing work with the contractor. The episode illustrates the need for a global response to tech capital’s predation.
Workers Have a Secret Weapon Against the AI Build-Out
The AI build-out depends on gas turbines and power transformers made by a handful of workers at a handful of plants in the US South. That bottleneck is a vulnerability — and a rare opportunity for labor to exercise real power over the tech giants.
Socialists Aim for Assembly Seat in Kathy Hochul’s Backyard
It’s not just New York City: socialists are hoping to build their legislative bloc across the state. That includes the 149th District, where Adam Bojak is hoping to win a state assembly seat in Kathy Hochul’s backyard.
The Fight to Free Palestinian Organizer Salah Sarsour From ICE
The jailing of Salah Sarsour, a longtime Palestine organizer in Milwaukee, by Immigration and Customs Enforcement after baseless accusations by pro-Israel forces is part of the long history of repression of dissent in the United States.