An Opening for a Latin American United Front Against Corporate Lawsuits
A Mexico-Colombia-Brazil alliance would strike a powerful blow against the anti-democratic investor-state arbitration system.
Corporate Power
Naming and Shaming Food Barons: A Q&A with Austin Frerick
Corporate consolidation in America’s food industry is making food more expensive and worse. What can we do about it?
To Make America Healthy Again, Break up Big Ag
Despite the MAHA rhetoric, President Trump keeps siding with Big Ag, factory farms, and toxic pesticide producers that are making Americans sick.
Sixteen Billionaires Who Made Their Fortunes Off the Backs of Low-Wage Workers
Such obscene inequality is spurring actions to use tax policy to shrink billionaire fortunes.
Rural America Needs to Band Together Against Corporate Greed
New schemes for fully robotic farming could push the last remaining farmers — and their communities — to fold.
Federal Safety Net Cuts Are Hurting States. A ‘Bad Business Fee’ Could Help.
By taxing companies that pay poverty wages, state and local governments can help cover federal cuts to safety net programs low-wage workers rely on.
Private Equity Killed My Thrift Store
A treasured 55-year-old secondhand store in the nation's capital has become the latest casualty of the rapacious private equity industry.
Target Needs to Kick ICE Out of Its Stores
Immigrant and human rights advocates are calling on the retailer to stop cooperating with abusive federal immigration agencies.
A Worker-Led Alternative to Billionaire-Owned News in DC
A Q&A with two founders of the 51st, a worker-led nonprofit newsroom launched after the closure of the beloved local outlet DCist.