Economy and Business

Meet the Lobbyists Shelling Out for Trump 2020
Lobbyist insiders are hoping to get another four-year ride on the corrupt money-go-round.

Can Corporations Walk the Walk on Racial Justice?
Many companies are tweeting about their commitment to racial equity, but not practicing it in their own staffing.

Pandemic No More
Who needs masks when you’ve got a broom?

The GOP’s ‘Moral Insanity’ on Health Care
Republicans are trying to throw 23 million Americans off their health care — in a pandemic.

Cut the Pentagon 10 Percent, Invest in Public Health
Tanks and ships can’t save us from our greatest dangers, so let’s pay for the things that can.

Now Is the Time for Free College
With youth unemployment and student debt skyrocketing, young people need free higher education.

We Need a Global Green New Deal
The rules of the global economy got us into this mess. But rules can change.

Policing Is Not a Public Good
From the beginning, policing in this country has primarily protected the powerful. Maybe now that can change.

I Got COVID-19 at Work. I Won’t Be the Last One.
Essential workers aren’t being treated like our lives are essential at all.

Unmasking the Mask Profiteers
A former Trump staffer with no experience landed a $3 million federal contract for medical masks he couldn’t deliver.