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Fighting the Inflation Profiteers

David Dayen The American Prospect
Companies are raising prices well above increases in their costs. The only antidote is to finally take action against corporate power.

The Problem With Facebook Is Fraud

David Dayen The American Prospect
Facebook is just a garden-variety fraud scheme that breaks the law for its own self-enrichment

USPS Begins Postal Banking Pilot Program

David Dayen The American Prospect
The United States Postal Service (USPS) has taken the most dramatic step in a half-century to re-establish a postal banking system. The test allows customers to cash business or payroll checks at the post office and place them onto a gift card.

How a Microphone Works

David Dayen The American Prospect
And why the Commission on Presidential Debates doesn’t want to understand it

Pramila Jayapal Takes On Medicare for All’s Critics

David Dayen The American Prospect
Democratic infighting over Medicare for All is unnecessary and dangerous. To criticize a plan that is in-depth and thoughtful, and addresses the very issues we need to address, and has the support of enormous numbers of Americans, is a big mistake.