Economy

Big Pharma Wants to Own Your DNA Info

Big Pharma Wants to Own Your DNA Info Big Pharma Wants to Own Your DNA Info

On this episode of The Time of Monsters, Myles Jackson and Doug Bell discuss the new data gold mine.

Dec 21, 2022 / Podcast / Jeet Heer

Argentina wins the 2022 FIFA World Cup. Lionel Messi celebrates with his team.

What Qatar’s World Cup Tells Us About the World in 2022 What Qatar’s World Cup Tells Us About the World in 2022

The soccer tournament offered signs that billions of people no longer think the United States and its entourage run the world.

Dec 21, 2022 / Tony Karon and Daniel Levy

Conspiracy Theories Aren’t the Only Thing Motivating Far-Right Voters

Conspiracy Theories Aren’t the Only Thing Motivating Far-Right Voters Conspiracy Theories Aren’t the Only Thing Motivating Far-Right Voters

Globalization and neoliberalism have indeed created hardships for certain communities like blue-collar workers, rural residents, and older voters who have been tempted by the right...

Dec 21, 2022 / John Feffer

Elon Musk and his Twitter profile.

Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Twitter Files? Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Twitter Files?

Just because the mainstream media decided to ignore them doesn’t mean the files aren’t newsworthy—or important.

Dec 20, 2022 / Ross Barkan

planet earth

A Gift Guide for the Whole Planet A Gift Guide for the Whole Planet

With accelerating climate change, threats against abortion rights, and need everywhere, you can make a difference by giving.

Dec 19, 2022 / Column / Katha Pollitt

B-52 releases MOP

Defense Contractors Are Escorting Us Down the Path to Armageddon Defense Contractors Are Escorting Us Down the Path to Armageddon

It’s hard to think of a system more filthy or rotten than one that threatens to destroy most life on our planet, so that this country could in some fashion “win” World War III.

Dec 19, 2022 / William Astore

A storm in the Angeles National Forest looks like clouds on fire.

Against Climate Optimism—Because “Team Normal” Won’t Save the World Against Climate Optimism—Because “Team Normal” Won’t Save the World

Some of us refuse to go along with a mainstream climate movement that settles for genocide.

Dec 19, 2022 / Wen Stephenson

Keith Ellison

What Democrats Can Learn From Keith Ellison’s Reelection What Democrats Can Learn From Keith Ellison’s Reelection

If the Democratic Party hopes to fend off future Republican challenges to vulnerable incumbents, they could draw on Ellison’s playbook.

Dec 19, 2022 / StudentNation / Theia Chatelle

The Crypto Scandal Is Also an Opportunity for the Left

The Crypto Scandal Is Also an Opportunity for the Left The Crypto Scandal Is Also an Opportunity for the Left

Sam Bankman-Fried’s downfall can help fuel a new war on plutocratic donors.

Dec 18, 2022 / Jeet Heer

Senator Josh Hawley, Republican from Missouri, holding a pencil.

One-and-a-Half Cheers for Comrade Josh Hawley One-and-a-Half Cheers for Comrade Josh Hawley

The Missouri Republican’s attack on Biden and corporate Democrats for stopping railway workers from striking was on-target. But if he really wants to get on the workers’ side of hi...

Dec 16, 2022 / Ben Burgis

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