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The Brave New World of Legalized Psychedelics Is Already Here

The Brave New World of Legalized Psychedelics Is Already Here The Brave New World of Legalized Psychedelics Is Already Here

And so are the profiteers. Get ready for Psychedelics Inc.

Mar 21, 2022 / Feature / Zoe Cormier

Price-Gouging Oil Companies Need to Pay a Windfall Tax

Price-Gouging Oil Companies Need to Pay a Windfall Tax Price-Gouging Oil Companies Need to Pay a Windfall Tax

Prices at the pump are shooting up as oil companies turn massive profits. A windfall-profits tax could go a long way toward providing relief for working families.

Mar 11, 2022 / John Nichols

Two violinists play music in the street as young families listen

Covid and Canceled Gigs Have Left Musicians High and Dry Covid and Canceled Gigs Have Left Musicians High and Dry

Yet most working musicians have been marginalized or excluded from current Covid relief funding.

Mar 10, 2022 / Marc Ribot

Are Museums in Crisis?

Are Museums in Crisis? Are Museums in Crisis?

As institutions around the world deal with various challenges—politically and economically—it is worth asking if museums have lost their authority.

Mar 8, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky

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The Price of Unpaid Activism The Price of Unpaid Activism

Have advocacy and organizing become careers for the well-educated?

Mar 4, 2022 / StudentNation / Esther Eriksson von allmen

A man walks past a shop window with the REI logo on it,

Talking Union at Recreational Equipment, Inc. (REI) Talking Union at Recreational Equipment, Inc. (REI)

The outdoors equipment company says it believes “in putting purpose before profits.” So why is the CEO trying to keep employees from joining a union?

Feb 28, 2022 / Dave Leshtz

The Dirty Secret of Inflation: Corporations Are Jacking Up Prices and Profits

The Dirty Secret of Inflation: Corporations Are Jacking Up Prices and Profits The Dirty Secret of Inflation: Corporations Are Jacking Up Prices and Profits

Democrats are failing to speak to the realities of the economic moment—and it could cost them in the midterms.

Feb 21, 2022 / John Nichols

McDonald's arches

McDonald’s Hasn’t Taken Promised Action on Sexual Harassment McDonald’s Hasn’t Taken Promised Action on Sexual Harassment

After a barrage of lawsuits and bad press, the fast-food giant committed to a major new effort to end sexual harassment at its stores. But there’s no sign it’s implemented any real...

Feb 18, 2022 / Bryce Covert

Arnetra Rhodes

Amazon Warehouse Workers Want to Feel Safe Amazon Warehouse Workers Want to Feel Safe

At a rally at the facility where a tornado killed six people, protesters from across the region demanded better protections for workers.

Feb 17, 2022 / Sophie Hurwitz

Pfizer’s Revenue Doubles: “It’s Nothing Short of Pandemic Profiteering”

Pfizer’s Revenue Doubles: “It’s Nothing Short of Pandemic Profiteering” Pfizer’s Revenue Doubles: “It’s Nothing Short of Pandemic Profiteering”

Calls are growing for the pharmaceutical giant to share its vaccine recipes that could save the most vulnerable people in the world.

Feb 10, 2022 / John Nichols

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