The Trump Supreme Court Is Nothing New
Tom Dispatch
A History of the Tyranny of the Supremes
A History of the Tyranny of the Supremes
A History of the Tyranny of the Supremes
The Burglaries Were Never the Story
n+1
Punctuated by Watergate, the Nixon Administration has been evacuated of its historical import
TurboTax Maker Intuit Faces Tens of Millions in Fees in a Groundbreaking Legal Battle Over Consumer Fraud
ProPublica
In addition to the unusual mass arbitration Intuit is fighting, federal regulators and state prosecutors are still investigating the company, which made $2 billion dollars last year.
Why is So Little Known About the 1930s Coup Attempt Against FDR?
The Guardian
Business leaders like JP Morgan and Irénée du Pont were accused of plotting to install a fascist dictator. If the plotters had been held accountable in the 1930s, the forces behind the 6 January coup attempt might never have flourished now.
Real Estate Groups Paid GOP Lawmakers Huge Sums to Reinstate Evictions
Truthout
As the national eviction moratorium, originally created for the pandemic, is set to end on July 31, a new report finds that the real estate industry has been lobbying for federal regulators to end the policy for months.
The Union Battle at Amazon Is Far from Over
The New Yorker
Drives to organize steelworkers and autoworkers took decades but ultimately succeeded.
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The CW’s Superman & Lois Premiere Is Surprisingly Somber
AV Club
Superman & Lois pointedly comments on real-world issues. The Daily Planet suffers a round of brutal media layoffs and Smallville, once thriving, is crumbling under an economic collapse that sees big businesses buying up all the small family farms.
How Socialism Became Un-American Through the Ad Council’s Propaganda Campaigns
The Conversation
The Cold War ended 30 years ago, but its cultural structures and divisions endure – perhaps, even, in the responses of some Americans to Bernie Sanders’ socialism.
GM Dumped Health Care for Striking Workers. That Poured Gas on Fire, Expert Says
USA Today
GM cuts healthcare benefits for workers, as strike enters 4th day. This induces workers to get more angry. GM thinks this will scare them or get them to rethink the cost of their benefits. It's going to backfire. It's quick, rash and insensitive.
Jeff Bezos Has Enough!
Dissent
Could a maximum wage gain traction in the United States?
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