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Business & Economy
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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America’s Thousand Percent Prescription Drug Tariff
Readers are undoubtedly confused by the reference to 1000 percent tariffs on prescription drugs. We don’t call our protection for prescription drug companies “tariffs,”...
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Neoliberals Are Wrong About Bidenomics
It is by now a familiar story. With the status quo in tatters following the worst financial crisis since the 1930s, a newly elected...
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The Steel Industry Merger That Has Environmentalists Worried
This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here.U.S. Steel, once the world’s largest company of any kind, can take substantial...
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Shein Embraces AI, Sending Its Emissions Through the Roof
This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here.In 2023, the fast fashion giant Shein was everywhere. Crisscrossing the globe, airplanes...
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How Opioids Corrupted Organized Medicine
Editor’s note: The following story is co-published with Matt Bivens’ Substack newsletter, The 100 Days.Many businesses will gleefully sell you a harmful addiction.The tobacco industry...
Business & Economy
The Low-Wage Corporations That Wasted Half a Trillion Dollars on CEO Pay
The Lowe’s home improvement store spent $43 billion on stock buybacks over the past five years. With that sum, the big box chain could’ve...
Business & Economy
The Corporate Bully Taking Your Kid’s Lunch Money
This article was originally published by The Lever, an investigative newsroom. If you like this story, sign up for The Lever’s free newsletter.”
Last fall, Emily Krieger, a...
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Altcoin Surge Signals Era, May Eclipse XRP, Solana
The cryptocurrency market is currently witnessing an unprecedented altcoin surge, indicative of a potential new era for digital...
Ohio City Faces Threats After Trump & Vance’s Lies about Haitians Eating Pets
In recent weeks, Springfield, Ohio, has been at the center of a maelstrom of political lies and misleading...
Amazon Prime Video’s Rising Dominance: Notable Releases and Future Lineup
As of September 18, 2024, Amazon Prime Video is increasingly solidifying itself as a dominant player in the streaming...
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Jennifer Aniston’s Ex Justin Theroux Wishes Her Happy Birthday on Instagram
What was expected of her was the same thing...