Corporations

James Stewart, as George Bailey, points at Lionel Barrymore in a scene from “It's a Wonderful Life.”

Whose “It’s a Wonderful Life” Is It Anyway? Whose “It’s a Wonderful Life” Is It Anyway?

How everybody’s favorite Christmas movie about the perils of monopoly capitalism became a victim of monopoly capitalism.

Dec 25, 2023 / Ray Nowosielski and David Cassidy

Sam Altman, chief executive officer of OpenAI, at the Hope Global Forums annual meeting in Atlanta, Ga., on Monday, December 11, 2023.

Silicon Landlords: On the Narrowing of AI’s Horizon Silicon Landlords: On the Narrowing of AI’s Horizon

The one thing science fiction couldn’t imagine is the world we have now: the near-complete control of Artificial Intelligence by a few corporations whose only goal is profit.

Dec 19, 2023 / Dwayne Monroe

Goodbye, bad corporate thing that you don’t run, Hello, good indie thing that you DO run. (Details of thing TBD.)

The Definitive Guide to Starting Your Own Media Company The Definitive Guide to Starting Your Own Media Company

How to throw off the corporate shackles and launch an independent news outlet.

Dec 13, 2023 / Feature / Kelsey McKinney and Aleksander Chan

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman.

The Antitrust Lessons of the OpenAI Saga The Antitrust Lessons of the OpenAI Saga

The high-stakes battle for control of the tech start-up was a case study in the corporate strategy of vertical outsourcing. 

Dec 12, 2023 / Brian Callaci

Local News Has Been Destroyed. Here’s How We Can Revive It.

Local News Has Been Destroyed. Here’s How We Can Revive It. Local News Has Been Destroyed. Here’s How We Can Revive It.

A plan to build back better.

Dec 12, 2023 / Feature / John Nichols

Workers at the Chicago Defender in the 1960s. The paper chronicled the Jim Crow era and the civil rights movement.

One Big Cookout: From the “Negro Press” to Black Twitter One Big Cookout: From the “Negro Press” to Black Twitter

We always suspected that whatever magazines and newspapers for white folks weren’t telling us, Black newspapers and magazines would.

Dec 12, 2023 / Feature / Gene Seymour

A statue of Walt Disney and Mickey Mouse

Socialism and Disney Are Incompatible Socialism and Disney Are Incompatible

Our species can’t afford another century of the principles fostered by the Disney emporium.

Dec 11, 2023 / Ariel Dorfman

Elon Musk’s Real Threat to Democracy Isn’t What You Think

Elon Musk’s Real Threat to Democracy Isn’t What You Think Elon Musk’s Real Threat to Democracy Isn’t What You Think

How the attention-starved CEO took over our communications infrastructure.

Dec 11, 2023 / Feature / Siva Vaidhyanathan

The Big Unfriendly Tech Giants

The Big Unfriendly Tech Giants The Big Unfriendly Tech Giants

We must ensure that corporations aren’t able to pick and choose winners and losers in journalism.

Dec 11, 2023 / Feature / Zephyr Teachout

Lina Khan’s Anti-Monopoly Power

Lina Khan’s Anti-Monopoly Power Lina Khan’s Anti-Monopoly Power

Beginning in the 1970s, the Federal Trade Commission gave up on its mission to protect consumers and competition. Then Khan took charge of the agency, and turned it on its head.

Dec 9, 2023 / Feature / Bryce Covert

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