Business

Why Are ‘The New York Times’ and ‘The Washington Post’ Producing Ads for Big Oil?

Why Are ‘The New York Times’ and ‘The Washington Post’ Producing Ads for Big Oil? Why Are ‘The New York Times’ and ‘The Washington Post’ Producing Ads for Big Oil?

It looks like real news, but “native advertising” is greenwashing for the climate-wrecking industry.

Apr 22, 2019 / Feature / Amy Westervelt

Phil Murphy

New Jersey Exposed One of Corporate America’s Favorite Schemes New Jersey Exposed One of Corporate America’s Favorite Schemes

A state investigation revealed how companies use empty threats to pry money from local governments. 

Apr 19, 2019 / Pat Garofalo

Forced Arbitration

Harvard Law Students Are Taking on Forced Arbitration Harvard Law Students Are Taking on Forced Arbitration

The little-known legal loophole rigs the game against working people, and this grassroots group of law students are working to combat it.

Apr 15, 2019 / StudentNation / Sejal Singh and Andre Manuel

Stacey at Roosevelt

The Plan to Save Our Economy The Plan to Save Our Economy

By curbing corporate power and reinvigorating the public sector, we can create an economic and political system that works for everyone.

Apr 15, 2019 / Greg Kaufmann

David Bernhardt

A Former Oil-Industry Lobbyist Is Now In Charge of America’s Public Lands A Former Oil-Industry Lobbyist Is Now In Charge of America’s Public Lands

Questions about conflicts of interest and transparency shadow newly confirmed Interior Secretary David Bernhardt.

Apr 12, 2019 / Adam Federman

Halle Butler’s Millennial Workplace Novel Has All the Precarity and None of the Pathos

Halle Butler’s Millennial Workplace Novel Has All the Precarity and None of the Pathos Halle Butler’s Millennial Workplace Novel Has All the Precarity and None of the Pathos

The New Me and other recent novels use millennial tropes as shortcuts to generational fatigue.

Apr 11, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Katie Bloom

It’s Time to Stop Pretending the Murdochs Are in the News Business

It’s Time to Stop Pretending the Murdochs Are in the News Business It’s Time to Stop Pretending the Murdochs Are in the News Business

For Rupert and his sons, the press has always been the prime weapon in their power-seeking agenda.

Apr 11, 2019 / Column / Eric Alterman

The Salad Giant Sweetgreen Has Used Hip Hop to Turn Lettuce Into Gold

The Salad Giant Sweetgreen Has Used Hip Hop to Turn Lettuce Into Gold The Salad Giant Sweetgreen Has Used Hip Hop to Turn Lettuce Into Gold

But if the salad giant is so woke, why are 95 percent of its shops in majority white neighborhoods?

Apr 10, 2019 / Aaron Ross Coleman

Shutdown Worker

The ‘Best Economy’ Ever Isn’t Working for Working People The ‘Best Economy’ Ever Isn’t Working for Working People

Trumpism has failed Americans even at the height of the recovery.

Apr 2, 2019 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Sick leave medicine

Is the FDA Misleading Congress About the Safety of Imported Medicines? Is the FDA Misleading Congress About the Safety of Imported Medicines?

Prescription drugs can cost 80 percent less in Canada, Australia, and the UK—why isn’t the FDA supporting safe importation?

Apr 1, 2019 / Gabriel Levitt

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