Erik Prince and an Army of Spies Keep Meddling in US Politics

The news that Blackwater founder Erik Prince was working with former spies to go after Trump opponents is just the tip of the iceberg. Former intelligence officers and other denizens of the national security state are increasingly meddling in...

The Real Fake News Crisis in America Comes From Corporate Media

Outlets like CNN and MSNBC are platforming con artists, skewing the news, and immersing the country in a flood of lies.

The Internet Platforms We All Use Should Be Publicly Owned and Democratically Controlled

Web3 shows how our online lives are increasingly being monetized. It’s time to take democratic control of the internet — turning the platforms we all use into free public services.

Revulsion Against Billionaire Wealth Isn’t About “Envy.” It’s About Democracy.

Rotterdam has been forced to walk back the dismantling of a historic bridge to make way for Jeff Bezos’s superyacht. But the incident is a reminder that billionaires’ obscene wealth isn’t just about hoarding resources — it’s also about undermining...

Uber Got a Sweetheart Deal With One of Canada’s Biggest Unions

Uber’s recent deal with UFCW Canada, granting legal representation to the 100,000 workers employed by the ride-sharing app, is not as good as it seems. The agreement will allow Uber to circumvent trade union democracy and attack workers’ benefits.

Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard Acquisition Won’t Save the Games Industry

Microsoft’s $68.7 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard will make things worse for game workers — and entrench some of the most dystopian trends in video games.

New Study: Gas and Oil Drilling Doesn’t Create Very Many Jobs

Fossil fuel industry groups always emphasize how many jobs rely on oil and gas drilling. A new study shows they’re lying.

We’re in a Climate Crisis — But the Pipelines Keep Coming

Federal officials are approving fossil fuel projects that enrich shareholders, fleece customers, and exacerbate the climate crisis.

Oil Is Killing the Planet — And Driving Inflation

Today’s inflation isn’t just caused by a post-pandemic rebound in fuel prices, but a long-term exhaustion of oil production. We need to end our dependency on fossil fuels without it becoming the pretext for another wave of austerity.

Censoring Joe Rogan Is No Solution to Vaccine Misinformation

There’s a campaign underway to kick podcast host Joe Rogan off Spotify for spreading COVID misinformation. But Rogan at his worst couldn’t do as much damage to public trust in science as the political and scientific establishment has during the...

Smedley Butler Helped Build American Empire. Then He Turned Against It.

Smedley Butler was born to privilege and power, becoming a powerful general in the most powerful military in the world. But he realized he was playing a key role in an evil system, US imperialism — and used his privilege and power to speak out...

Cryptocurrency Is a Giant Ponzi Scheme

Cryptocurrency is not merely a bad investment or speculative bubble. It’s worse than that: it’s a full-on fraud.

Time Is All We Have. We Can’t Let the Boss Take It From Us.

Unions fight for more pay for workers. But workers also need to have time for themselves and their friends and families. Overtime pay and raises can't replace what we need more than anything else: our time back.

Joe Biden’s Lobbyists Are Helping Big Pharma Profiteers

The pharmaceutical industry wants Americans to continue paying far more for medicines than people in any other country, to protect their tremendous profits. And one of Joe Biden’s top campaign consulting firms is helping them.

Meet the Mining Billionaires Ransacking Australia

The super-profitable mining industry in Australia has produced a new class of ruthless billionaires. Their fortunes tower above those of the nation’s other business elites, and they’ve used this wealth to shape the political landscape in their...

How the Koch Network Is Spreading COVID Misinformation

As the Omicron variant surges, an institute funded by the Koch network may be undermining government attempts to stop the pandemic.

It’s a Wonderful Life vs. the FBI

Amid Cold War paranoia, J. Edgar Hoover’s FBI set its sights on a potential source of communist subversion: Frank Capra’s Christmas classic It’s a Wonderful Life.

Why Don’t We Call Corporate Handouts “Corruption”?

The Biden White House purports to be worried about corruption — just not the kind now dominating American politics, in which every new policy includes gigantic giveaways to corporations.

Australia Has Sacrificed Julian Assange to the United States

The US is fighting tooth and nail to get Julian Assange extradited to an American prison. Ever the dutiful ally, the Australian government is effectively giving over Assange, and flouting any commitment to human rights, freedom of the press, and...