Business & Economy

How the Debt Ceiling Benefits the Rich

Robert Reich / Substack Feb 2, 2023 Federal debt has skyrocketed because tax cuts on corporations and wealthier Americans have reduced government revenue. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Business & Economy

Doctors Seek to Bar Corporate Control of Health Practices

Bernard J. Wolfson / Undark Jan 3, 2023 Organizers are pushing for stiffer prohibitions on the ownership of medical practices by corporations not owned by licensed doctors. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Editorial Cartoons

Profit and the Hippocratic Oath

John Cole Dec 29, 2022 Dig deeper

Labor

2022 Labor Year in Review

Jenny Brown / Labor Notes Dec 20, 2022 With more unions, strikes, and leadership contests, labor took big strides in the right direction in 2022. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

World

Ethiopian Researcher Alleges Facebook Is Responsible for His Father’s Death

Mukanzi Musanga / Open Democracy Dec 16, 2022 Meta is accused of failing to remove posts inciting racial hate and violence in Africa, particularly in Tigray. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Business & Economy

The Fed Is Dead

Robert Reich Dec 13, 2022 The Fed is putting the onus of fighting inflation on workers and consumers rather than on the corporations responsible for it Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Labor

American Workers Break Their Silence on Asbestos Exposure

Kathleen McGrory and Neil Bedi / ProPublica Dec 7, 2022 The accounts from workers stand in sharp contrast to what Olin and OxyChem have put on the record about worker safety in their plants. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Labor

What Elon Musk Got Wrong

Robert Reich / Substack Nov 21, 2022 Without the knowledge and talent, of its workers, Twitter is a shell, without the capacity to improve or even sustain its service. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Opinion

As Corporatists Angle for Election-Day Disaster, Do Your Duty: Vote

Ralph Nader / Common Dreams Nov 7, 2022 Voter grumbling, rage and cynicism is rampant heading into the mid-term elections on November 8th. Add the flattering, flummoxing and fooling of voters by many corporatist politicians to the mix and we have the makings of an election-day disaster. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

The Best Truthdig Originals of 2019

Truthdig Dec 31, 2019 This year's top stories cover a range of topics including corporate fascism, an election in Argentina and mass protests across the globe. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Merger That Proved Corporate Takeovers Are Bad Business

Jim Hightower / OtherWords Oct 22, 2019 The old model of self-enrichment through corporate takeover, consolidation and contraction turns out to be not just bad morals. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

There’s No Chance Corporate Elites Will Fix Inequality

Jim Hightower / OtherWords Sep 23, 2019 The CEOs of 181 union-busting, tax-cheating, polluting corporations are asking us to believe they stand with us in the fight against them. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )