class war The "mom and pop" business owner who loves Trump's tax plan is a lobbyist for Oracle who will save billions Cory Doctorow
fake news The New Deal was partly motivated by a desire to kill the fake news epidemic of the Gilded Age Cory Doctorow
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
Business After Trump reversed Obama's restrictions on private federal prisons, states started banning them instead Cory Doctorow
politics Peak billionaire: a billionaire tries to purchase a party nomination to outflank anti-billionaires so he can run against another billionaire Cory Doctorow
elections In California, the 2020 elections will feature an epic battle to allow cities to reinstate property taxes Cory Doctorow
corruption A loophole in nonprofit law means that corporate lobbying is at least double the official figure Cory Doctorow
elections Elizabeth Warren's banking proposals are designed to demolish the private equity sector and force finance to serve the people Cory Doctorow
elections Bernie Sanders will use a tax on Wall Street speculators to wipe out $1.6 trillion in US student debt Cory Doctorow
human rights Elizabeth Warren proposes a ban on private prisons and immigration facilities Cory Doctorow
education Today, Michigan regulators vote on conservative education "reform" plan to purge the word "democracy" from curriculum Cory Doctorow
elections Elizabeth Warren's latest campaign plank is a national Right-to-Repair law for farm equipment Cory Doctorow
late stage capitalism Winners Take All: the Davos Edition (how elites launder looting with phoney philanthropy) Cory Doctorow
class war Trump gave AT&T a $20B tax break and killed Net Neutrality, now they're prepping mass layoffs Cory Doctorow