videos Sears Canada execs paid hundreds of millions in dividends before declaring bankruptcy and leaving 16,000 workers' pensions unfunded Cory Doctorow
usps They're never going to get rid of the Postal Service because then who would deliver the scorpions? Thom Dunn
Journalism VICTORY! New Free File rules ban tax-prep firms from hiding their offerings, allow IRS to compete with them (a love-letter to Propublica) Cory Doctorow
corruption Defense contractors gleefully report record earnings in divisions that bid on "classified" projects, the fastest-growing part of the Pentagon's budget Cory Doctorow
late stage capitalism Stock buybacks: how Wall Street has created "profits without prosperity" Cory Doctorow
health Big Pharma's origin: how the Chicago School and private equity shifted medicine's focus from health to wealth Cory Doctorow
Business As New York State's shareholder suit against Big Oil for climate denial proceeds, Exxonmobil caught intimidating witnesses Cory Doctorow
late stage capitalism Texas Instrument's post-#taxscam budget for financial engineering is $5B — triple its budget for actual engineering Cory Doctorow
Business Patronscan wants cities to require bars to scan your ID with its service so it can maintain a secret, unaccountable blacklist Cory Doctorow
apple DRM and terms-of-service have ended true ownership, turning us into "tenants of our own devices" Cory Doctorow
Business California's Right to Repair Bill, killed by Big Ag and Apple, has been reintroduced Cory Doctorow
happy mutants The People's Republic of Walmart: how late-stage capitalism gives way to early-stage fully automated luxury communism Cory Doctorow
Business Not customers: doctors have patients, libraries have patrons, lawyers have clients and teachers have students Cory Doctorow
late stage capitalism Uber is a "bezzle," doomed to disappoint the suckers who buy into its IPO Cory Doctorow
late stage capitalism Jamie Dimon is getting fed up with the protesters who "occupy" him everywhere he goes Cory Doctorow
late stage capitalism Labour report on executive pay proposes giving customers a vote on compensation, ending share-based compensation for execs Cory Doctorow
