The Democrats Who Let Trump’s Oligarchs Buy Hollywood
The Ellisons enlisted a host of Democratic notables to undercut the proposed merger’s opponents.
Crude Awakening
A reviled ‘boligarch’ and his right-wing adversaries are engaged in a low-level war, but the only people who will feel the impact are the Venezuelan people.
A Prairie Populist in Crimson-Red Arkansas
Farmer and Democrat Hallie Shoffner is taking on Big Ag in a long-shot Senate race against Republican Tom Cotton.
South Carolina Senate Hopeful Runs on Health Care Populism
An unusually detailed health care policy platform from Dr. Annie Andrews, a pediatrician, attacks Big Insurance, Big Pharma, and big hospital systems for putting profits over care.
Federal Judge Rules DHS Must Bring Back Gay Arizona Man Imprisoned in Africa
A Trump-apppointed judge ordered Ahmed Soliman must be returned to the United States.
The Political Economy of Diesel
Trump is trying every possible short-term trick to cut diesel prices. None of it will work; he might as well command the tide to recede.
Third-Country National Stuck in Airport for Days After Release From African Prison
Finally out of the prison Trump expelled him to, Phone Chomsavanh’s fight for freedom hit one more snag.
The Monopoly on the Open Road
Patrick Industries announced a merger with its main competitor for selling components for recreational vehicles. A lawsuit alleges that it leverages market power.
Federal Workers Notch Win Against Illegal RIFs
Multiple labor unions sued the Trump administration last September over its attempt to fire thousands of federal workers during the government shutdown.
Make Trump Pay for Trying to Stamp Out the Postal Service
Oversight Democrats should expose how Trump’s bastardization of USPS has hurt the American people—and present a more reliable alternative.
California Democrats—but Not Their Elected Representatives—Back the Billionaire Wealth Tax
Polls show overwhelming rank-and-file support, but Gavin Newsom’s opposition has trickled down to nearly every elected official.
Organized Money: The Bill Looking to Turn College Athletes Into Cheap Labor
NCAA looking to pull a ‘socialism for me’ move in Congress.
How the Courts Became a Safe Haven for Corporations
A new report details how the judiciary has become more corporate over the past few decades—and names the specific judges who are most responsible.
Identity Crisis
Citizen access to public agencies is a basic public function. Why does government contract out the process of verifying identity to a for-profit monopoly company?
Democrats Playing the Economic Populist Card in Iowa Midterms
The combination of farm-state economic woes and Democrats speaking the language of working-class people has residents saying the state is ‘getting purple.’
The Red Tide Goes Out—With a Blue Splashback
Democrats are surging in Republican states but have some problems in their own strongholds.
An Architecture of Ignorance
How the Trump regime is taking away our ability to know what’s going on
In Alaska, Senate Candidates Claim the Oil Industry Creates Local Jobs. It Doesn’t.
The state’s own data shows an increasing number of oil and gas industry jobs have been going to nonresidents.
The Supreme Court’s Power Is Based on the Lie of Its Supremacy
The Constitution does not establish a judicial dictatorship.
Happy Anniversary, EPI
Forty years of altering conventional economic assumptions with meticulous research and action
The City That Brought Down an ICE Airline
In Chicago, progressive alderpeople held up a contract until a private equity firm was forced to dispatch Omni Air International, protecting thousands of immigrants from deportation.
Left Anchor: Occupy Wall Street Revisited
Fifteen years ago, the American left sprang back onto the political stage. What has happened since?
AI Has Become a Punching Bag
Even the industry’s biggest tycoons are holding back on political spending, because it might hurt candidates more than it helps.
Panicked Red-State Republicans Learning Politics on the Fly
GOP candidates in places like Kansas and Texas are having to really campaign for the first time.
Lock In, Losers. It’s Time to Vote.
And you’ll have to overcome a lot to do it this year.
Senate Democrats Block Husted’s ‘Toothless’ Data Center Energy Costs Bill
A Republican senator seeking re-election in Ohio once touted data centers. He tried to pass a bill that fell short of requiring them to pay their fair share. No wonder it failed.
‘I Know I Couldn’t Live Here’: Standing Up to a Data Center in Alabama’s Black Belt
Faced with little transparency about a mammoth facility, Lowndes County fights back.
A Tale of Two Toss-Ups
Democratic House candidates in two New York metropolitan area districts had markedly different performances in debates against the Republican incumbents they’re trying to unseat.
Time on Task
The Trump administration has abused the interagency task force process to intervene in law enforcement across the country.
License Plate and Switch
Cities are succumbing to public pressure and removing Flock license plate readers. But they are substituting alternatives with the same capabilities.
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