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labor

May 28, 2023

Profit-Obsessed Private Equity Is Now Dominating the US Hospice System

Lily Meyersohn Jacobin

The US hospice system is supposed to provide compassionate end-of-life care. But private equity firms have swallowed up the industry: 7 out of 10 hospice agencies are now for-profit, putting profit maximization over patient well-being.

October 19, 2020

Corona Couture and the Fast-Fashion Face Mask

Ella Egidy Jacobin

The fast-fashion industry has long been known for exploitative practices, which have continued during the pandemic, despite the health risk to garment workers. “Fashion masks,” substitute actual protection for mere simulation.

tv

September 10, 2017

In 'The Deuce,' Sex Isn't Titillating — It's Business

Eric Deggans NPR

David Simon has created a gritty, urban drama about the moment pornography became "street legal" in New York City, and the commodification of flesh became an industry.

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