Making Plagues Investable
The World Bank’s pandemic bonds tried to turn public health crises into speculative opportunities.
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Police Tech Giant Axon Is Concealing Its Political Spending
Police body camera and weapons juggernaut Axon is reporting blockbuster earnings amid the Trump administration’s explosive spending on immigration policing. The company is resisting efforts to make it disclose its political spending strategy.
Why Is X Showing Me Ben Shapiro Posts?
Twitter’s algorithm has been slanted against the Left for years.
The “Conservative Movement” Is a Giant Exercise in Plutocrat-Financed Astroturfing
The scandal of Clarence Thomas accepting enormous gifts from billionaire Harlan Crow is a reminder of just how little mass support the Right has. Take away the rich financiers and there’s not much of a conservative movement to speak of.
Canada Should Nationalize Dental Corporations
Corporate dentistry is on the rise in Canada, lining investors’ pockets at the expense of patients’ oral health. Dental treatment should be fully incorporated into Canada’s universal health care system to prevent the nightmare of American-style dental care.
How Inflation Became a Fact of Life
We tend to associate the inflation problem with the 1970s. But it was years earlier, in the era of Sputnik and Elvis, that the world first woke up to the reality of chronically rising prices. We’re still coping with that episode’s wrongheaded “lessons” today.
The Fed’s Postponed Pivot Comes at a Price
Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell has finally signaled the beginning of the end of high interest rates. But keeping rates higher for longer might have done unnecessary damage domestically and abroad, including to the all-important energy transition.
Britain’s Populist Pivot Is Failing to Fix Its Problems
Trapped within the insular tone of post-Brexit politics, British politics has never been so saturated with populist rhetoric. It has also never been so detached from the interests of its people.
The 1873 Colfax Massacre Was a Racist Attack on Black People’s Democratic Rights
The worst episode of Reconstruction Era violence occurred 150 years ago today in northern Louisiana. The 1873 Colfax Massacre saw white supremacists slaughter 150 African Americans, brutally thwarting their hopes for autonomy and self-governance.
Scenes From a New York City Student Walkout for Palestine
Today’s young American student protesters see the destruction of heritage, the obliteration of knowledge, and the assault on institutions of learning in Gaza as connected to assaults on their own education.
The Great American Oil and Gas Cash Grab
As Canadian politicians proclaim their intention to protect national sovereignty, American shareholders are extracting revenues from Canada’s oil and gas industry — and stiffing workers.
Trump Is Promising Corporations a Deregulatory Bonanza
Donald Trump’s Department of Justice is asking corporations to identify state laws that “burden industry.” Corporate lobbies are responding to the request with wish lists of consumer protection laws they want the administration to preempt.
Israel Is Waging a War on All Palestinians, Not Just Gazans
Israel’s genocidal assault on Gaza is part of its war of annihilation against the Palestinian people carried out with increasing fervor across historic Palestine, including the West Bank, under the most right-wing government in Israeli history.
Global Inequality Has Skyrocketed Since the Pandemic
Over the past four years, capital owners reaped handsome profits at the expense of the working class and the Global South. The wealthy may have recovered from the pandemic — but the world’s poor are still suffering its economic effects.
Jean-François Lyotard and the Algerian Revolution
Jean-François Lyotard is best remembered today as a theorist of postmodernism. During the 1950s, Lyotard was actively involved in supporting Algeria’s freedom struggle, while realistically identifying the problems that would come after independence.
Zohran Mamdani on the Promise of America
In a speech marking the country’s 250th anniversary, socialist New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani lays out his vision of a United States of America for the many, not the few.
Health Insurers’ Profits Are Reaching New Heights
The top five health insurers have raked in over $371 billion in profits since ACA passed. Over 40% of that went to the parent company of CEO Brian Thompson’s UnitedHealthcare, UnitedHealth Group — which denies nearly one in three claims from its policyholders.
Georgia Is Trying to Make It Harder for Workers to Unionize
Labor has been stirring recently. That’s unacceptable for bosses, who never rest in their attacks on unions. Case in point: a new bill in Georgia that seeks to ensure the unionization process is as difficult for workers and favorable to bosses as possible.
Republicans Are Giving Rental Price-Fixing a Green Light
The GOP’s budget reconciliation bill includes a ban on state-level artificial intelligence regulations that could undermine efforts in several states to rein in pricing consultants like RealPage, a company that helps landlords use AI to “optimize” rent hikes.