Economy and Business
Corporate Vets Serve Profit Over Animals
Solo practitioners who became veterinarians to provide friendly, community-based service now must answer to bean counters at headquarters.
The Hypocrisy of the Federal Spending Debate
Why is it controversial to spend on social programs but not the Pentagon? Or to subsidize the poor but not the rich?
Public Transit, Built Back Better
The Build Back Better plan’s historic investment in public transit would have a tremendous positive impact.
America’s Work Ethic
Americans have lost the will to work… for low wages and no benefits.
Follow Alabama’s Lead on Child Care
If one of our poorest states can rise to meet this basic human need, why can’t Congress?
When Wall Street Came to My Mobile Home Park
Mobile homes provide affordable housing for millions. But for private equity firms, they’re just another asset to squeeze for profit.
Don’t Cut Care
Aging and disabled Americans — and the workers who care for them — have a huge stake in federal budget negotiations.
Here Come the Abortion Bounty Hunters
In this unequal economy, Texas’s harsh new anti-abortion law pits desperate people against each other.
Sky’s the Limit
Debt’s never a problem for the GOP when they’re cutting rich people’s taxes. But when Democrats are in power, bar the door.
The Postal Service Is a Service — Not a Business
It’s supposed to deliver mail cheaply and effectively, not turn a profit. And it does.
