AWOL in the Class War
Americans realize they’ve lost power and income to the very rich. Too many Democrats, even too many unions, have yet to go to war for them.
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Aftermath: The War Ends and the Aftermath Begins
In today’s edition: How long will it take for global energy markets to return to normal? A long time, it turns out.
Fox Solves Its ‘Death of Cable’ Problem by Buying the Modern Cable Box
A proposed merger with Roku gives Fox access to 100 million households, widespread advertising opportunities, and the ability to diminish rivals on a leading TV platform.
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Nothing Is Safe From Private Equity Rollups
Is antitrust enforcement equal to the challenge of defeating the most prevalent abuses?
California Town Lets Private ICE Detention Centers Police Themselves
McFarland police don’t respond to calls at detention centers, citing agreement with GEO Group. Crimes go uninvestigated, say attorneys and alleged sexual abuse victim.
Blues for ActBlue
The assault on the Democrats’ main fundraising platform is a partisan hatchet job, but ActBlue itself is far from blameless.
Trump’s Deportation Machine Taking Aim at Vulnerable Children
A series of recent legal decisions have stripped protections once afforded to unaccompanied immigrant child victims of abuse, neglect, and abandonment.
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Organized Money: Meta Is Dying
Tech zombies trap users and vendors—then scam for cash to the bitter end.
Video: Is Greenland the Most Socialist Country in the World?
It has an immense sector of state-owned companies, and it seems to work pretty well.
Organized Money: California Dreamin’ … of a Slush Fund for Uber
Regulatory capture could be the grandest scam ever, and California is the Wild West.
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Two Simple Steps Toward De-MAGAfication
A big reason why Trump II is so much worse than the first time is that the world’s richest man bought Twitter and turned it into a fascist cesspit.
Encircling the Royalists
Democrats finally show up to the class war.
Indiana’s Private Equity Power Play
The mother lode of utility buyouts just landed on Hoosiers’ doorstep. Regulators have no say over whether the deal goes through.
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Trump and Bernie Agree: Let’s Own AI!
One’s a narcissist, the other’s a socialist, but there’s room for all in this improbable coming together.
Graham Platner Prepares to Take On Susan Collins
After demolishing Gov. Janet Mills in Maine’s Democratic primary, the political newbie confronts a major challenge running against the Senate’s longest-serving Republican woman.
Ultimate Fighting Beyond the South Lawn
President Trump is helping Dana White implant UFC in the cultural mainstream with a fight night at the White House. But MMA athletes say they’ve been shortchanged.
New Documents Detail Nine-Figure, Silicon Valley–Funded Abundance Movement
The Prospect has obtained a fundraising pitch and historical manifesto from inside the movement.
Aftermath: The Economy Is Propped Up by Government Spending
In today’s edition, we highlight an underdiscussed reason why damage from the war hasn’t eaten the U.S. economy: fiscal stimulus.
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AWOL in the Class War
Americans realize they’ve lost power and income to the very rich. Too many Democrats, even too many unions, have yet to go to war for them.
Blues for ActBlue
The assault on the Democrats’ main fundraising platform is a partisan hatchet job, but ActBlue itself is far from blameless.
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The Internet and Its Discontents
One young woman claims to know what is wrong with girls today: They need to turn to the right.
News Influencers and Gen Z Are Reshaping News
Gen Z increasingly relies on influencers for news and information—but the quality is all over the place.
Archiving Joy
At the National Public Housing Museum in Chicago, the past is alive and fighting.
