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Economy & Labor
US Retirement Funds Contribute to Deforestation and Climate Change
As of June 2016, US mutual funds had a net investment of more than $5 billion in palm oil producers.
Trump’s Adviser on Wall Street Regulations Is a Longtime Swamp-Dweller
Trump's transition adviser for financial regulations works for a firm that is emblematic of the Washington revolving door.
These Professors Make More Than a Thousand Bucks an Hour Peddling Mega-Mergers
The economists are leveraging their academic prestige with secret reports justifying corporate concentration.
Economic Update: Moving Beyond Capitalism
This week's episode discusses corporate taxes, and more.
Pacific Northwest Tribes Fight to Protect the Centerpiece of Their Culture
Salmon are under assault from development, pavement, pollution, farming and a changing climate.
This Is Not a Drill: Bracing for the Trump Era
For more than a generation unions have placed our fate in the hands of political insiders and party operatives.
The Cabinet From Hell: Trumpism Meets Neoliberalism
Trump's cabinet is brewing a dangerous new hybrid ideology at the center of power in Washington.
How a Battle Over Affordable Medicine Helped Kill the Trans-Pacific Partnership
The debate about an exotic new kind of drug delayed the trade deal for years, thanks in part to relentless advocates who stood up to big pharma.
Is a Trump Presidency Good News for the Military-Industrial Complex?
Whichever extreme figures end up in key posts in Trump's national security state, yet more money will be sent swirling down the Pentagon's drain.
New Rutgers Report Reveals University’s Ties to Slavery and Displacement of Native Americans
Rutgers is one of several colleges and universities across the country now grappling with their historical ties to slavery.