Economy

Sam Bankman-Fried’s Crypto Scam Is Business as Usual

Sam Bankman-Fried’s Crypto Scam Is Business as Usual Sam Bankman-Fried’s Crypto Scam Is Business as Usual

The legal and regulatory establishment has permitted a pattern of fraud and misrepresentation nested in the very business model of the crypto industry.

Dec 15, 2022 / Chris Lehmann

Student Loan Forgiveness Protest

’Tis the Season to Talk About Student Debt Cancellation ’Tis the Season to Talk About Student Debt Cancellation

If your family has questions about Biden’s student loan debt relief over the holidays, here’s how you can respond. 

Dec 15, 2022 / StudentNation / Ian Franza and Sean Tonra

Steve Phillips on Sinema and Nelson Lichtenstein on the UC Strike

Steve Phillips on Sinema and Nelson Lichtenstein on the UC Strike Steve Phillips on Sinema and Nelson Lichtenstein on the UC Strike

On this episode of the Start Making Sense podcast, a look at the Democratic Party in Arizona and an update on the biggest strike in the country.

Dec 15, 2022 / Podcast / Jon Wiener and Start Making Sense

Paradise, California wildfire

The Rise of the Year-Round Wildfire The Rise of the Year-Round Wildfire

Humanity may already have passed the point of simply managing ourselves out of the fiery apocalypse scientists predict we’re heading for.

Dec 15, 2022 / Jane Braxton Little

America Online: A Cautionary Tale

America Online: A Cautionary Tale America Online: A Cautionary Tale

On the rise and fall of the quintessential ’90s online service provider—and a warning about today’s social-media giants.

Dec 15, 2022 / Feature / Joanne McNeil

The Contradictions of Adam Smith

The Contradictions of Adam Smith The Contradictions of Adam Smith

A conversation with Glory Liu about the thinker's influence on American politics, the many ways his work has been misunderstood, and why we remember Smith as a champion of capitali...

Dec 14, 2022 / Q&A / Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins

Activists in support of unionized rail workers protest outside the U.S. Capitol Building on November 29, 2022.

I’m a Rail Worker, and Biden Screwed Us I’m a Rail Worker, and Biden Screwed Us

We can either deny rail carriers our labor in defiance of long-established laws, or we stand still and keep eating their punches.

Dec 13, 2022 / John Tormey

The Birth of a New Brand of Exercise Fetish

The Birth of a New Brand of Exercise Fetish The Birth of a New Brand of Exercise Fetish

From Bikram yoga to Tae Bo, the 1990s exploded with exoticized consumer fitness products.

Dec 13, 2022 / Feature / Natalia Mehlman Petrzela

McDonald’s workers striking against sexual harassment

California Workers Are Standing Up to the Fast-Food Industry’s Attacks on Their Rights California Workers Are Standing Up to the Fast-Food Industry’s Attacks on Their Rights

A decade-long organizing fight shows its power.

Dec 12, 2022 / Michael Tubbs

AI Comes for the Writers

AI Comes for the Writers AI Comes for the Writers

It's long been assumed that truck drivers' jobs would be first on the chopping block. Not anymore.

Dec 12, 2022 / McCaffrey Blauner

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