Joe Biden’s Friends and Backers Come Out on Top—at the Expense of the Middle Class Joe Biden’s Friends and Backers Come Out on Top—at the Expense of the Middle Class
That’s the “Delaware Way.”
Nov 7, 2019 / Feature / Joseph N. DiStefano
This Is a Horror Story: How Private Equity Vampires Are Killing Everything This Is a Horror Story: How Private Equity Vampires Are Killing Everything
Corporate plundering did not start and will not stop with Deadspin.
Nov 5, 2019 / Kim Kelly
The GOP’s Crony Capitalism Is Racing Full-Steam Ahead The GOP’s Crony Capitalism Is Racing Full-Steam Ahead
Special favors for student-loan fraudsters, tax breaks favoring junk-bond crook Michael Milken, continuing purges of voter rolls—this party’s MO is pillage and plunder.
Nov 1, 2019 / Sasha Abramsky
California Is Burning—Nationalize PG&E California Is Burning—Nationalize PG&E
California’s utility, PG&E, has put profits over public safety for too long. The company belongs in the hands of the people.
Oct 30, 2019 / Ben Ehrenreich
What It Feels Like to Be Watched What It Feels Like to Be Watched
From the streets to our smartphones, surveillance has taken on frightening proportions.
Oct 28, 2019 / Column / Laila Lalami
The Amount of Money Being Made Ripping Migrant Families Apart Is Staggering The Amount of Money Being Made Ripping Migrant Families Apart Is Staggering
Immigration enforcement agencies’ budgets topped a whopping $23.7 billion in 2018—and a lot of that is being funneled back into the private sector.
Oct 28, 2019 / John Washington
Our Town Is Broke. Should We Accept Investment From a Homophobe and a Tea Partier? Our Town Is Broke. Should We Accept Investment From a Homophobe and a Tea Partier?
Another reader asks what they should do if a school integration plan causes “logistical mayhem” for their family.
Oct 25, 2019 / Liza Featherstone
Amazon Is Spending Big to Oust Seattle’s Socialist Council Member Amazon Is Spending Big to Oust Seattle’s Socialist Council Member
The tech giant has poured an unprecedented $1.45 million to influence Seattle’s City Council races. Can Kshama Sawant keep her seat?
Oct 17, 2019 / Hallie Golden
WeWork Showed Us How Badly Start-up Bros Suck—but Shareholder Rule Isn’t Better WeWork Showed Us How Badly Start-up Bros Suck—but Shareholder Rule Isn’t Better
To make start-ups work for everyone, we need to put power back in the hands of workers.
Oct 14, 2019 / Aaron Freedman
How Silicon Valley Broke the Economy How Silicon Valley Broke the Economy
The question of how to fix the tech industry is now inseparable from the question of how to fix the system of capitalism that the late 20th century gave us.
Oct 14, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Adrian Chen