The online giant gives a leg up to hundreds of house brand and exclusive products that most people don’t know are connected to Amazon It took...
“What do we do when we destroy the planet?” asked one demonstrator. “We have nothing else.” Tens of thousands of people marched through the streets of Brussels...
“Our nation’s infrastructure is not built to a standard that protects against the level of flood risk we face today, let alone how those risks will...
“When scientists across the U.S. are imploring the president to get the country off fossil fuels, it’s time to listen.” With an open letter expressing “the utmost...
Kurt Thigpen clenched his hands around the edge of the table because if he couldn’t feel the sharp edges digging into his palms, he would have...
“U.S. President Biden must match his own rhetoric on shutting down global illicit finance, and start with the biggest offender—his own country.” The leak of an enormous...
Frances Haugen said the company’s leaders know how to make their platforms safer, “but won’t make the necessary changes because they have put their astronomical profits...
A huge but little-known industry has cropped up around monetizing people’s movements Companies that you likely have never heard of are hawking access to the location...
Recent White House Study on Taxes Shows the Wealthy Pay a Lower Rate Than Everybody Else A decade ago, in an essay for The New York...
As Congress launched a historic bailout to keep businesses afloat at the outset of the pandemic, government officials stressed that the loans were for mom-and-pop operations...
Conviction of Steven Donziger, said one critic, “perfectly encapsulates how corporate power has twisted the U.S. justice system to protect corporate interests and punish their enemies.”...
One of the country’s most important sources of fresh water is in peril, the latest victim of the accelerating climate crisis. On a 110-degree day several...
“You had a future, and so should we.” That’s the first line of an open letter released Tuesday by 71 young professionals and students in the advertising and...
We do have socialism in this country—but it’s not Democrats’ policies. The real socialism is corporate welfare. You may have heard Republicans in Congress rail about...
“The stench of corruption wafting up from Louis DeJoy’s office is so thick seagulls are flying in from the Jersey Shore and circling overhead.” A leading...
“We’ve spent billions on war. Now, let’s spend to bring Afghans to safety.” As the Biden administration faces criticism for not doing enough to assist those fleeing...
In November 2017, with the administration of President Donald Trump rushing to get a massive tax overhaul through Congress, Sen. Ron Johnson stunned his colleagues by...
“Scientists say we cannot allow this to happen. People in power stand in our way.” Originally published on Common Dreams via Creative Commons While heatwaves, fires,...
Series:The Secret IRS Files Inside the Tax Records of the .001% Last week, ProPublica published the story of how PayPal co-founder and tech investor Peter Thiel...
The number of multimillion-dollar individual retirement accounts has soared in the past decade, as more wealthy Americans use the tax-advantaged vehicles to shield fortunes from income...