Are We Witnessing the End of News? Are We Witnessing the End of News?
If you think the media are in trouble now, just wait till there’s a recession.
Feb 20, 2019 / Column / Eric Alterman
Amazon’s Defeat Is Local and Global Amazon’s Defeat Is Local and Global
By tying their fight against Amazon to bigger structural problems, activists in Queens showed us a way forward for transnational anti-corporate politics.
Feb 17, 2019 / Jamie Merchant
Got Local News? Not if the Vultures at Alden Capital Grab Gannett Got Local News? Not if the Vultures at Alden Capital Grab Gannett
“Journalism will only die if we choose not to fight for it,” says Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
Feb 8, 2019 / Julie Reynolds
Howard Schultz Tests His Centrist Messaging Howard Schultz Tests His Centrist Messaging
ignore this…
Feb 7, 2019 / Peter Kuper
How Corporate Monopolies Are Dragging Down Your Paycheck How Corporate Monopolies Are Dragging Down Your Paycheck
If T-Mobile and Sprint merge, it could drive down wages for retail workers by thousands of dollars a year.
Feb 6, 2019 / Michelle Chen
Will Foxconn Steal Wisconsin’s Intellectual Property? Will Foxconn Steal Wisconsin’s Intellectual Property?
Fuzzy contracts and poor transparency could let the company exploit researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
Feb 5, 2019 / Nick Bowlin
Economic Nationalism Is Suicide Economic Nationalism Is Suicide
Our inability to think globally pushes us further into a world of growing jingoism and martial confrontation.
Feb 5, 2019 / Jamie Merchant
Corporations Have Paid Out at Least $2.7 Billion in Civil-Rights and Labor Lawsuits Since 2000 Corporations Have Paid Out at Least $2.7 Billion in Civil-Rights and Labor Lawsuits Since 2000
Inside an analysis of corporate legal culture.
Feb 1, 2019 / Michelle Chen
Warren’s Push for a Wealth Tax Could Be a Game Changer Warren’s Push for a Wealth Tax Could Be a Game Changer
Americans are hungry for bold measures to tackle income inequality.
Jan 29, 2019 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Democratic Republic of Congo’s Other Crisis The Democratic Republic of Congo’s Other Crisis
Far from the political turmoil of the capital, corporations mining metals are destroying livelihoods and landscapes.
Jan 25, 2019 / Michelle Chen