The Arms Industry Is Taking Over Trump’s Pentagon

MANDY SMITHBERGER and WILLIAM D. HARTUNG / TomDispatch Jan 31, 2019 Rather than curbing the blatant conflicts inherent in the revolving door he previously criticized, the president is accelerating them. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Hillary Clinton’s State Department Emails, Mexico’s Energy Privatization and the Revolving Door

By Steve Horn, DeSmogBlog Aug 13, 2015 Recently released emails confirm that Clinton's State Department helped break state-owned company Pemex's oil and gas industry monopoly in Mexico and open the resource to international businesses. And two of the people responsible now work in the private sector and stand to gain financially from the reforms they helped create. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

The Continuing Depopulation of Detroit

By Laura Gottesdiener, TomDispatch Apr 20, 2015 The city that was the arsenal of the 20th century may also provide the blueprint for a more precarious era: 100,000 of its residents are on what many call an eviction “conveyor belt.” Dig deeper ( 13 Min. Read )

Progressives on the Take

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Dec 18, 2013 The Podesta brothers are the faces of the so-called progressive wing of the Democratic Party that, like the president himself, will talk a good game of reducing income inequality, while catering to the interests of the very corporations that have initiated the problem. How can President Obama be so right and so wrong in the same moment? Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Revolving Door: Timothy Geithner to Join Private Equity Firm

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Nov 16, 2013 The former U.S. Treasury secretary whose bailout policies continue to ensure economic recovery works only for the richest Americans will join private equity firm Warburg Pincus in March as president and managing director. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Obamacare Wonks Cash In on Health Care Law

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Sep 19, 2013 The New York Times had an important story Tuesday on the ways in which former congressional and White House staffers are profiting from the Affordable Care Act they helped write and pass. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Post-Election Politics of the Revolving Door

David Sirota / Truthdig Nov 9, 2012 There are two types of money that corrupt our politics. After a national election that cost more than $2 billion, most of us know about the blatant kind. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

JPMorgan and the Senate Banking Committee: Cozy Connections

By Cora Currier, ProPublica Jun 16, 2012 Through campaign contributions and well-connected staff, JP Morgan has a few friends on the Senate banking committee. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )