Tell the Department of Labor to Side with Retirees Over Wall Street Tell the Department of Labor to Side with Retirees Over Wall Street
The Trump administration is coming after an Obama-era regulation that requires financial advisers to act in their clients’ best interests.
Apr 14, 2017 / NationAction
Reclaiming Public Goods Under Trump Reclaiming Public Goods Under Trump
The Roosevelt Institute is launching the Re:Public Project to fight privatization.
Apr 14, 2017 / StudentNation / Joelle Gamble and Aman Banerji
President Bannon Is Dead, Long Live President Cohn President Bannon Is Dead, Long Live President Cohn
Donald Trump has finally pivoted—right into a full embrace of Goldman Sachs economics.
Apr 13, 2017 / David Dayen
Silicon Valley Sweatshops Silicon Valley Sweatshops
How a visa program is keeping immigrant workers poorly paid and tied to their employers.
Apr 13, 2017 / Michelle Chen
This Loophole Will Let Hedge-Fund Managers Dodge $18 Billion in Taxes This Year This Loophole Will Let Hedge-Fund Managers Dodge $18 Billion in Taxes This Year
That money could be a whole lot better used.
Apr 12, 2017 / Robert Greenwald and Charles Khan
Fifty Years Later, King’s Warning Still Resonates Fifty Years Later, King’s Warning Still Resonates
It is time to revive a peace and justice movement calling for the United States to stop its endless wars and turn its resources and attention to rebuilding our own country.
Apr 4, 2017 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
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
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
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
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