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DeVos and Trump visit private schools

Trump’s Administration Is Making It Easier for For-Profit Colleges to Screw Over More Students Trump’s Administration Is Making It Easier for For-Profit Colleges to Screw Over More Students

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has already picked a for-profit college official for her team—are more to come?

Mar 31, 2017 / Michelle Chen

President Donald Trump

One of Trump’s Biggest Donors Thinks Cats Have More Value Than Welfare Recipients One of Trump’s Biggest Donors Thinks Cats Have More Value Than Welfare Recipients

An interview with New Yorker writer Jane Mayer on her research into the darkest reaches of right-wing political funding.

Mar 24, 2017 / Jon Wiener

Jay Clayton SEC Confirmation

Trump’s SEC Nominee Has a Major Conflict-of-Interest Problem Trump’s SEC Nominee Has a Major Conflict-of-Interest Problem

Jay Clayton is tied to big banks and corporations—and that could hold up fraud enforcement.

Mar 23, 2017 / David Dayen

Donald Trump Smiling

Jane Mayer on the Reclusive Billionaire Who Made Trump President Jane Mayer on the Reclusive Billionaire Who Made Trump President

Plus, Rick Perlstein on Trump and Nixon, and Steve Wasserman on Tom Hayden.

Mar 23, 2017 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

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Letters From the April 10, 2017, Issue Letters From the April 10, 2017, Issue

The road to Trump… Alien-Nation… The people’s news… Crash!… The past as prologue?…

Mar 23, 2017 / Our Readers and Matt Stoller

Reviving the Peace Movement for the 21st Century: Responses to Daniel May

Reviving the Peace Movement for the 21st Century: Responses to Daniel May Reviving the Peace Movement for the 21st Century: Responses to Daniel May

Peace advocates consider how the movement can be revitalized for the 21st century.

Mar 22, 2017 / William D. Hartung, Diana Ohlbaum, Lawrence Wittner, Meredith Horowski, and Debbie Almontaser

This 50 Year-Old Economics Book Helps Explain the Corporate Republic We Live In

This 50 Year-Old Economics Book Helps Explain the Corporate Republic We Live In This 50 Year-Old Economics Book Helps Explain the Corporate Republic We Live In

Revisiting my father’s great work of theory can help us figure out what will take the place of faith in the free market.

Mar 22, 2017 / James K. Galbraith

Janet Yellen

Here’s What You Need to Know About the Federal Reserve Here’s What You Need to Know About the Federal Reserve

We demand way too much from the central bank—but that’s because our elected politicians have done almost nothing to revive the economy.

Mar 17, 2017 / William Greider

Trump with Navarro

Trump Is Fighting a New Trade War—and This One Is Intramural Trump Is Fighting a New Trade War—and This One Is Intramural

A nasty White House battle has broken out between right-wing nationalists and globalist financiers.

Mar 16, 2017 / William Greider

Donald Trump in Florida

Without the AMT, Donald Trump’s 2005 Tax Rate Would Have Been Just 3 Percent Without the AMT, Donald Trump’s 2005 Tax Rate Would Have Been Just 3 Percent

Unsurprisingly, Trump wants to get rid of the alternative minimum tax. We need to reform it instead.

Mar 15, 2017 / Helaine Olen

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