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The “Share Buyback” Rape of American Business

Thom Hartmann The Hartmann Report
How CEOs pulled off their coup, ending the Golden Age of growth for the middle class while beginning the current era of the CEO as modern-day superyacht-owning Emperor…

Are We at the Dawn of “Insulin Socialism”?

Leigh Phillips Jacobin
The high cost of insulin is one of the great injustices of the US health care system. But now, states like California are looking at directly manufacturing this essential medicine — a potentially massive win for both patients and left-wing politics.

Auto Workers Turn a Corner for Strike Pay and Democracy

Keith Brower Brown and Jane Slaughter Labor Notes
A newly organized reform movement turned the convention into a rowdy debate that, for moments, even overruled the top union leaders. Again and again, members of the Unite All Workers for Democracy reform caucus (UAWD) and other delegates gathered the numbers to put their issues on the convention floor.

What Made Bill Russell a Hero

Jemele Hill The Atlantic
The basketball legend was a champion not just on the court but off it—through his groundbreaking activism for racial justice.

Turning Off Congo’s Looting Machine

John Prendergast Project Syndicate
The Democratic Republic of the Congo has been pillaged by foreign governments and corporations for more than 500 years, and this sordid pattern continues to this day. Given this history, is it any wonder that the country suffers from massive corruption, perpetual conflict, and state capture?