Corporations

Volunteers help distribute meal bags in Zambia during a severe drought.

Copper Colonialism Is Wrecking Zambia’s Farmlands and Waterways Copper Colonialism Is Wrecking Zambia’s Farmlands and Waterways

Zambia is just one of several nations experiencing a new type of colonialism, this time with a green capitalist veneer.

Oct 17, 2024 / Joshua Frank

Military police face crowd of marching protesters

How Can We Wean Ourselves Off Our Country’s Military Dependency? How Can We Wean Ourselves Off Our Country’s Military Dependency?

Moving resources and skills and jobs from the military-industrial complex to civilian sectors is a big project. But it could start in your own community.

Oct 3, 2024 / Frida Berrigan

The Industry Behind Your Filet-O-Fish Is Destroying Alaska’s Oceans and Rivers

The Industry Behind Your Filet-O-Fish Is Destroying Alaska’s Oceans and Rivers The Industry Behind Your Filet-O-Fish Is Destroying Alaska’s Oceans and Rivers

While the deep-pocketed trawling industry rakes in millions, indigenous Alaskans, small-scale fisheries, and the state’s ecosystem are being left out to dry.

Oct 2, 2024 / Lois Parshley

Workers holding picket signs stand in the street, with a banner reading STRIKE in red.

Payback Time: Now It’s the Machinists’ Turn to Mount the Barricades Payback Time: Now It’s the Machinists’ Turn to Mount the Barricades

The current strike at Boeing over lost wages and stolen pensions is a fight that has been brewing for a long time.

Sep 27, 2024 / Jonathan Rosenblum

Should the Government Break Up Big Corporations or Buy Them?

Should the Government Break Up Big Corporations or Buy Them? Should the Government Break Up Big Corporations or Buy Them?

Matt Bruenig writes that governments should nationalize more companies while Zephyr Teachout argues that freedom requires decentralized power.

Sep 27, 2024 / The Debate / Matt Bruenig and Zephyr Teachout

Private Equity Steps Up to the Plate

Private Equity Steps Up to the Plate Private Equity Steps Up to the Plate

Diamond Baseball Holdings is taking over minor league baseball and reaping the benefits of hundreds of millions in taxpayer subsidies.

Sep 16, 2024 / Amos Barshad

A tryptich of Reid Hoffman, Barry Diller, and VP Kamala Harris

Kamala’s Capitalist Class Kamala’s Capitalist Class

Both parties have little trouble attracting support from the superrich. But a closer look reveals fissures within the ruling class.

Sep 16, 2024 / Doug Henwood

Supreme Court Justice Lewis F. Powell Jr., announcing his retirement from the court.

The Powell Memo Helped Create Project 2025 The Powell Memo Helped Create Project 2025

A new investigative podcast shows the toxic legacy of the founding father of modern American plutocracy.

Sep 6, 2024 / Jeet Heer

Former US president Donald Trump speaks to members of the media after testifying in his civil fraud trial at the New York State Supreme Court in New York City on November 6, 2023.

Trump Sues the Justice Department for $100 Million Trump Sues the Justice Department for $100 Million

Déjà vu all over again.

Aug 27, 2024 / James D. Zirin

Former US president Donald Trump greets US Senator and vice presidential nominee J.D. Vance as they attend their first campaign rally together.

Why JD Vance Is Unpopular and Project 2025 Has Gone Underground Why JD Vance Is Unpopular and Project 2025 Has Gone Underground

The Heritage Foundation’s attempt to produce an intellectual and wonkish Trumpism turns off voters.

Aug 9, 2024 / Jeet Heer

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