Money Politics
Edge of Sports: Dreading the Tokyo 2020 Olympics
Everywhere the Games nest—particularly the grander and more costly Summer Games—they bring a plague of debt, displacement, and hyper-militarization. Read more
Gage Skidmore
Operation Take Down Bernie
Sanders’s socialism is scary for a Democratic establishment that worries a lot about electability. Cue the media hit pieces. Read more
The Revolver
Trump’s pick to lead the Department of the Interior has been through the revolving door between government and lobbying so much it’ll make your head spin. Read more
Vox Populist: Free the Press from Wall Street Plunderers
Publications are increasingly hostage to their corporate owners. Read more
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The Tide May Be Turning on Billionaire Backers of Charter Schools in California
California’s new superintendent of public instruction, Tony Thurmond, opposes the privatization of education. Read more
Vox Populist: Monopoly or Democracy?
Monopolies are virulently anti-American, suppressing our fundamental values of fairness and opportunity for all. That’s why, throughout our history, the people have instinctively rebelled. Read more
Charlie Kaijo
California Just Banned For-Profit Charter Schools. Why?
Given the state's history with “school choice,” California’s new legislation comes as a surprise. And it’s met with skepticism. Read more
Michael Moore Turns Up the Heat in Fahrenheit 11/9
The cinematic son of America’s industrial proletariat launches a blistering broadside. Read more
Gage Skidmore
In Louisville, a Web of Private Interests Conspire to Expand Charter Schools
Members of the Kentucky Board of Education have allied with corporate interests to privatize education, including involvement in potential real estate deals. Read more
Lawrence Jackson
From African American Voters to African Nations, Cambridge Analytica Wages ‘Cultural Warfare’
From its beginnings, the firm used African politics as a testing ground for influencing the behavior of the voting public. Read more
Gunning for Profits
The NRA has some unexpected openings in its corporate partnership program...and that’s a good thing! Read more
Fabrice Florin
To All the Young Folks Fighting the Gun Lobby: Follow the Money
Young people in Florida and elsewhere—articulate and thoughtful, media savvy and politically astute—are taking action against policies that are killing them in the classroom. They have a wealth of data to back them up. Read more
Killing Off the Middle Class
It is said that the rich and poor will always be among us. But nowhere is it written that the middle class will last. Read more
Stealing is Legal
If you want to hide your millions from taxation, just find a willing offshore haven to make your megabucks disappear into a maze of shell corporations. It’s your money, let the little people worry about their silly public roads and icky health care! Read more
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Behind Trump’s Tough Talk on Pakistan, Follow the Money
Licensing arrangements in India have raked in at least $1.6 million for Trump’s company and perhaps as much as $11 million in royalties since 2014. Read more
Gage Skidmore
Swamp Things: Texas Governor Abbott’s Debt to the Gun Lobby
Ever since first running for Texas office more than twenty years ago, Abbott has been a steady advocate for expanding access to guns. He has a 100% approval rating from the National Rifle Association, and is proud of it. Read more
Gaming the Endangered Species Act: The Case of the American Burying Beetle
Why is the oil industry spending hundreds of thousands against a tiny ecosystem hero? Read more
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Why the Democrats Won't Wake Up
The Democratic Party’s marriage with corporate interests—like any poisonous marriage—means that a bold progressive shift is not about “waking up,” but about breaking up. Read more
