Katya Schwenk / The LeverFeb 15, 2024
States may be cracking down on prison-phone price gouging, but that hasn't stopped Wall Street from finding new ways to game the system. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )
Bernard J. Wolfson / UndarkJan 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 )
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Marc Steiner / The Real News NetworkNov 8, 2019
Labor journalist Kim Kelly dissects the demise of the sports website Deadspin and what it means for the future of American journalism. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )
Ellen Brown / TruthdigMay 25, 2018
The state’s stagnant funds could be put to good and much-needed work through a publicly owned bank—instead of being put at high risk through investment in public-private partnerships. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )
Glen Ford / Black Agenda ReportFeb 5, 2018
The Russians didn't bring us Donald Trump. It was the usual suspects: private equity and hedge funds bandits. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
By Alec MacGillis / ProPublicaSep 8, 2016
The Democratic candidate has gone even further than Donald Trump in promising to kill a tax break that benefits some of the wealthiest people in finance, and yet she is receiving all of the private equity industry’s support. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )
David Sirota / TruthdigMar 30, 2015
The phrase "regulatory capture" shrouds a serious problem in vaguely academic jargon, making it seem like unimportant esoterica rather than anything noteworthy. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
David Sirota / TruthdigJun 6, 2014
A few weeks ago, a top official at the Securities and Exchange Commission reported on what he called a "remarkable" amount of potentially illegal behavior in the private equity industry -- aka the industry that buys up, changes and sells off smaller companies. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Tracy Bloom / TruthdigSep 18, 2012
The footage was shot during a fundraiser at the home of Marc Leder, a hedge fund manager known for throwing pretty lascivious affairs in the Hamptons, N.Y. We're talking about parties that involve sex, but not the kind intended for the purpose of planting a zygote in the womb, thereby going against a core conservative value and basically everything Republicans stand for. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Tracy Bloom / TruthdigSep 3, 2012
Questions about Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney's record at Bain Capital are not likely to go away any time soon, especially now that it's been revealed that Bain is among a number of major private equity firms under investigation by the New York state attorney general's office for tax-related reasons. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Joe Conason / TruthdigMay 31, 2012
Cory Booker's emotional televised plea to "stop attacking private equity" may have been the single greatest service he could perform for the Romney campaign. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
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