Economy and Business
Semiconductor Jobs Are Coming. Here’s How to Make Them Good.
We need stronger guardrails to make sure companies don’t blow our tax dollars on stock buybacks and sky-high CEO pay.
It’s Time for a Child Allowance, No Strings Attached
When children’s basic needs are met, they thrive. It’s time we got serious about investing in them.
Project 2025’s Plan to Gut Medicare and Medicaid
Conservatives are planning to slash the health care plans that millions of low-income and senior Americans rely on.
The Solution to Homelessness Is Housing
The Supreme Court just greenlit cruel measures to arrest and prosecute unhoused people. Instead, lawmakers should invest in what really works.
Chick-Fil-A Is Running a Child Labor Summer Camp
Parents, would you pay to have your 5 year old work in the fast food corporate hierarchy?
Corrupt Judges Are Legalizing Bribery
The Supreme Court’s conservatives, who’ve accepted millions of “gratuities” of their own, have ruled that it’s not a bribe if it’s collected after a favor is done.
Libraries Are Cornerstones of Our Communities — And They Need Our Help
Public libraries promote literacy, fight poverty, and enrich our lives. It’s up to us to protect them from political attacks.
Banks Keep Breaking Their Promise to Serve the Public Good
Now more than ever, it’s important that banks play a responsible role in our democracy. Will they?
Extreme Inequality is a Threat to Free Speech
If money is speech, then speech isn’t free.
Corporate America’s New Euphemisms for Gouging
Corporations are now perfecting what they call “price pack architecture”: that is, selling you less stuff for the same price.
