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Trump Won’t Enforce Rules for Short-Term Junk Health Insurance Plans

F. Douglas Stephenson Informed Comment
The Trump administration is refusing to enforce a Biden-era rule limiting junk short-term health plans that are notorious for charging more or denying coverage altogether for people with conditions like asthma, diabetes, and cancer.

The Low-Wage 100

Sarah Anderson CounterPunch
Starbucks takes the prize for the most obscene corporate pay disparities of 2024. But jaw-dropping gaps are the norm among America’s leading low-wage corporations.

The Crypto State

Ramaa Vasudevan, Daniel Finn Jacobin
The Trump White House has helped install the ticking time bomb that is cryptocurrency directly into our economy. When it blows up, the damage will be catastrophic.