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Neoliberals Are Wrong About Bidenomics

Conor Lynch / Truthdig Sep 16, 2024 Harris shouldn't back down from curbing corporate greed and supporting labor unions. In fact, she should go bolder. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Business & Economy

The Steel Industry Merger That Has Environmentalists Worried

Gautama Mehta / Grist Sep 16, 2024 It’s already possible to produce steel in a more climate-friendly way, but neither U.S. Steel nor Nippon Steel seems ready to adapt. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Economic Justice

Presidential Debates Love To Avoid the Topic of Taxing the Rich

Sam Pizzigati / Inequality.org Sep 16, 2024 Some unasked questions might have helped prevent the last half-century’s massive concentration of income and wealth. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Technology

Shein Embraces AI, Sending Its Emissions Through the Roof

Sachi Kitajima Mulkey / Grist Sep 10, 2024 The fast-fashion giant nearly doubled its emissions in 2023, making it the biggest polluter in the industry. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Opinion

60 Years After Lyndon Johnson’s “Daisy” Campaign Ad

Norman Solomon / Truthdig Sep 9, 2024 The 2024 election is completely lacking in wisdom about nuclear weapons and relations between nuclear superpowers. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Social Justice

The Cruel but Not Unusual Treatment of the Unhoused

Cedar Monroe, Liz Theoharis / TomDispatch Sep 9, 2024 There is a crisis of homelessness in this country that politicians refuse to treat with dignity. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Opinion

How Opioids Corrupted Organized Medicine

Matt Bivens / Truthdig Sep 7, 2024 The opioid epidemic would not have been possible without the cooperation of the House of Medicine, from journals to the AMA. Dig deeper ( 15 Min. Read )

Education

The Corporate Bully Taking Your Kid’s Lunch Money

Katya Schwenk / The Lever Sep 6, 2024 As students head back to school, one of the world’s largest payment processors fights to protect a racket upcharging parents on school meals. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Health & Wellness

NYC Continues To Add to Its Little-Known Mass Grave Site

Gwynne Hogan / THE CITY Sep 5, 2024 Critics say the city is likely to keep using Hart Island as a cemetery of last resort, despite soliciting public input on its future. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Environment

Can the U.S. Census Keep Up With Climate Displacement?

Zoya Teirstein / Grist Sep 4, 2024 In a portent of things to come, residents of Lake Charles, Louisiana, are still on the move four years after Hurricane Laura. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

Economic Justice

The Effect Back-to-Back Storms Had on Lake Charles

Zoya Teirstein / Grist Sep 4, 2024 Taking a look at the toll extreme weather has had on the “most unfortunate city in the United States.” Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Economic Justice

The Low-Wage Corporations That Wasted Half a Trillion Dollars on CEO Pay

Sarah Anderson / Inequality.org Sep 1, 2024 A new report reveals that nearly half of the 100 largest low-wage employers spent more on stock buybacks than on long-term capital investments over the past five years. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )