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Native Hawaiians Are Resisting Land and Water Grabs After Maui Wildfires
"Plantation disaster capitalism is, unfortunately, the perfect term for what’s going on,” says Kapuaʻala Sproat.
Tlaib Introduces Bill to Bar Medical Debt From Showing Up on Credit Reports
People shouldn’t be denied access to basic needs because they have medical debt, Tlaib said.
Conservative Groups Sue to Block Forgiveness for 800,000 Student Loan Borrowers
A conservative court also blocked relief for students who were defrauded by universities this week.
Fed Reserve Rate Hikes May Set Stage for Financial Crises in Global South
Monetary policy to control inflation in the U.S. has significant impacts on poor and indebted nations.
New SNAP Policy Will Force People Over 50 to Work to Retain Food Benefits
About 750,000 people are forced to work or lose food stamp benefits because of the new bipartisan compromise over SNAP.
New FTC Guidelines Take Aim at “Illegal Mergers” Enabled by Reagan-Era Policy
The draft guidelines come as the Federal Trade Commission is challenging corporate consolidation in pharma and tech.
Guaranteed Income Programs Are Uplifting Oppressed Communities Across the US
Many of these initiatives are aimed at helping Black mothers, trans residents and formerly incarcerated people.
Is the US Dollar on the Verge of Being Dethroned as the World’s Currency?
Gerald Epstein looks at how the loss of the dollar’s reserve currency status could impact the U.S. and world economy.
Medicaid Purge Has Affected at Least 2.1 Million People — Including Children
Most of the disenrollments have been for procedural reasons, not because people were deemed ineligible for the benefits.
OECD Secretly Lobbied Against Law Requiring Corporations to Disclose Tax Records
The club of wealthy nations strong-armed Australia's government into gutting a bill targeting corporate tax evasion.