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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...

How Texas Jails Paved the Way for Migrant Incarceration

This article was originally published by the Texas Observer, a nonprofit investigative news outlet and magazine. Sign up for...

‘War on Cartels’ and Harm Reduction in Peril

President-elect Donald Trump wants drug traffickers to be executed and could soon have the authority to make that...

“War on Cartels” and Harm Reduction in Peril

President-elect Donald Trump wants drug traffickers to be executed, and could soon have the authority to make that...

The Truth Behind Musk v. Brazil

In early October, Brazil lifted its ban on X following a prolonged battle between its government and the...

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....

Study: Roundup Has Ramped Up the Danger

Roundup isn’t just bad; it’s getting worse. A new report from Friends of the Earth (FOTE) claims that the world’s most widely used commercial...

The Effort To Silence Climate Protestors

In August, climate activist and cellist John Mark Rozendaal was arrested and charged with criminal contempt for playing a few minutes of Bach outside Citibank’s headquarters...

Musk Could Reap Huge Tax Windfall If Trump Wins

This article was originally published by the Lever, an investigative newsroom. If you like this story, sign up for the Lever‘s free newsletter. Thanks to a provision buried...

We Need To End Government-Granted Patent Monopolies

Last week I saw a somewhat shabbily dressed man in the pharmacy trying to get a COVID booster. They told him it would cost...

North Dakota’s Radical Plan To End Property Taxes

North Dakota may shake this country up in two weeks by ending one of the oldest taxes in America. Here’s the backstory and what...

Cashing In