Tag:Economic Justice

Activism

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...

Trustnews - September 19, 2024

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...

Trustnews - September 18, 2024

big pharma

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,”...

Trustnews - September 17, 2024

Activism

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...

Trustnews - September 16, 2024

Activism

Presidential Debates Love To Avoid the Topic of Taxing the Rich

The first televised U.S. presidential debate came way back in 1960. Few of us who happened to watch that debate remember much about it....

Trustnews - September 16, 2024

Activism

The Cruel but Not Unusual Treatment of the Unhoused

In 2019, a group of homeless folks were living on a deserted piece of land along the Chehalis River, a drainage basin that empties...

Trustnews - September 9, 2024

Activism

The Effect Back-to-Back Storms Had on Lake Charles

It has been just over four years since Hurricane Laura slammed into southwest Louisiana just shy of Category 5 status — the fiercest storm...

Trustnews - September 8, 2024

Activism

Can the U.S. Census Keep Up With Climate Displacement?

This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. This story is part of State of Emergency, a Grist series exploring how climate...

Trustnews - September 8, 2024

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