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Cashing In

Buying a presidency, it turns out, pays off. Tech billionaires who invested in President-elect Donald Trump’s campaign are anticipating a windfall in crypto deregulation, more big defense and surveillance...

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,...

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...

Tentative Deal Reached To End Dockworkers Strike

The union representing East and Gulf Coast dockworkers suspended its strike on Thursday after reaching a tentative agreement with shipping giants that reportedly includes...

Progressives Sound the Alarm As Harris Tries To Court Crypto

Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris‘ increasingly open embrace of cryptocurrency during her 2024 bid for the White House has sparked alarm among progressives, who have...

Eat, Pray, Pollute

In July, a crowd of 3,000 anti-tourism protesters descended with delighted malice on posh downtown Barcelona. They cordoned off hotels and eateries with hazard tape,...

For the Media, the Facts Don’t Matter on Harris’ ‘Price Control’ Proposal

Debates over whether Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris’s economic proposals constitute Communist price controls or merely technocratic consumer protections are obscuring a more insidious...

No Tears for Carl Icahn

I am not crying for Carl Icahn, who has lost about $17 billion over the last few weeks as investors have fled Icahn Enterprises...

The Major League Monopoly on Small Ball

This article was originally published by The Lever, an investigative newsroom. If you like this story, sign up for The Lever‘s free newsletter. It’s a late August afternoon...

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