How Private Contractors Enable Trump’s Cruelties at the Border How Private Contractors Enable Trump’s Cruelties at the Border
Private-prison groups and several Fortune 500 companies are profiting off “zero-tolerance” enforcement.
Jun 20, 2018 / David Dayen
The AT&T-Time Warner Merger Ruling Is Bad for the Country The AT&T-Time Warner Merger Ruling Is Bad for the Country
And it will affect much more than just these two companies.
Jun 12, 2018 / David Dayen
Toys ‘R’ Us Workers Take on Private-Equity Barons: ‘You Ought to Be Ashamed’ Toys ‘R’ Us Workers Take on Private-Equity Barons: ‘You Ought to Be Ashamed’
The executives stripped profits from the toy chain and left employees with nothing.
Jun 5, 2018 / David Dayen
Democrats’ New Midterm Approach: It’s the Corruption, Stupid Democrats’ New Midterm Approach: It’s the Corruption, Stupid
A new strategy attacks both Trump’s economic heists and the influence peddlers swarming the White House.
May 22, 2018 / David Dayen
Why Did Chuck Schumer Hire an Ex–Goldman Sachs Lobbyist? Why Did Chuck Schumer Hire an Ex–Goldman Sachs Lobbyist?
And what role will he have in recommending minority-party regulatory nominees?
May 9, 2018 / David Dayen
Political Corruption Is Ruining Everything, but We Can Fix It Political Corruption Is Ruining Everything, but We Can Fix It
A bold new idea from Washington that might truly beat back routinized scandal.
May 3, 2018 / David Dayen
The Trump Administration Is Letting Wells Fargo Get Away With Grand Theft Auto The Trump Administration Is Letting Wells Fargo Get Away With Grand Theft Auto
The recent fine assessed by the CFPB is window dressing on a miscarriage of justice.
Apr 23, 2018 / David Dayen
Elizabeth Warren and Mick Mulvaney Clash Over a Neutered CFPB Elizabeth Warren and Mick Mulvaney Clash Over a Neutered CFPB
“You are hurting real people to score cheap political points.”
Apr 12, 2018 / David Dayen
Trump Is Plotting a Diabolical Budget Double-Cross Trump Is Plotting a Diabolical Budget Double-Cross
It would hurt the poor and working families the most.
Apr 4, 2018 / David Dayen
Congress Is About to Do a Big Favor for Private Equity Predators Congress Is About to Do a Big Favor for Private Equity Predators
We’re also seeing a central defense of the Bank Lobbyist Act being demolished in record time.
Mar 22, 2018 / David Dayen