Business & Economy

Here and There, Organic Farming Still Thrives in Heart of U.S. Corn Country

WEST BEND, Iowa — People searching for ways to limit the toll industrialized American agriculture takes on communities, land and water may want to visit Clear Creek Acres in...

The Rise of Trump and the Fall of American Empire

Some 15 years ago, on December 5, 2010, a historian writing for TomDispatch made a prediction that may yet prove...

Study: End World Bank Support for Factory Farming

Animal agriculture is one of the leading drivers of the climate crisis. According to a recent World Bank report,...

Trump and the Twilight of the Postwar Transatlantic Order

For decades, Europe’s security and prosperity have been anchored in its junior partnership with the United States. Trump’s...

Trump Can’t Stop the Clean Energy Revolution

This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. During his first time around as president,...

The Silicon White House

Now that Donald Trump has been elected with a solid mandate, there is real fear about what he will do next. The president-elect has...

The Recession Racket: Musk, Trump and the Billionaires’ Blueprint for Profit

America’s billionaires would love to have a recession, particularly a really severe one.In a recent “town hall,” billionaire Elon Musk acknowledged what 23 Nobel...

How Fidelity, Schwab and Vanguard Helped Pour Dark Money into Project 2025

Since 2020, three major financial services companies — Fidelity, Charles Schwab and Vanguard — have helped affluent philanthropists funnel at least $171 million to...

Massachusetts Leads the Charge on Taxing Millionaires

This past summer, Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey, a Democrat, signed a budget bill that guaranteed universal access to in-state community colleges. No matter age or socioeconomic background,...

Massachusetts Is Leading the Charge on Taxing Millionaires

This past summer, the Governor of Massachusetts Maura Healey signed a budget bill that guaranteed universal access to in-state community colleges. No matter age or socioeconomic background,...

The Other Sherman’s March

The U.S. Justice Department recently hauled Google into court for violating an 1890 federal law designed to forestall the unjust consolidation of economic power....