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How Private Equity Conquered America

Chris Hedges and Gretchen Morgenson Scheerpost
Blackstone, Apollo, and a handful of other firms are demolishing the US economy for short-term gain, and leaving workers and communities in the wreckage.

The Fed Is Behind the Credit Card Merger

Matt Stoller The Lever
If Capital One is allowed to acquire Discover, it’ll gain access to a government loophole allowing it to raise prices and reduce competition.

Presidential

Carol Kanter
In this presidential election year, poet Carol Kanter issues an elegant warning of a certain candidate “assuming, accruing power.”

What Is Left?

Rebecca Solnit Literary Hub
Rebecca Solnit on the perennial divisions of the American Left: “It should be a modest request to ask that ‘left’ not mean supporters of authoritarian regimes.”

Friday Nite Videos | March 1, 2024

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The Paradox of an Infinite Universe. 'Night Thunder': Slide Guitar and Native American Flute. Dulcé Sloan Creates Black Women's History Day | The Daily Show. God & Country | Movie Trailer. Stephen Declares SCOTUS Unconstitutional.