Andy Beshear (who signed a law driving PBMs out of the state Medicaid program and replacing them with a public option, saving $300 million and improving reimbursements for independent pharmacists in ...
Immigrants held at GEO Group’s Delaney Hall in Newark are on a labor strike and a hunger strike, refusing to perform the jobs that keep the place running.
One of Republicans’ classic attacks on government goes like this: Scroll through the list of government grants to find the ...
Young Americans are increasingly relying on social media platforms, where news influencers—not traditional legacy outlets—often hold sway over their news and information diets. Nearly 40 percent of 18 ...
We face potential unemployment on par with the Great Depression. We need a mass employment program to get through it. AI can pay for it.
Suing slush fund recipients under the False Claims Act could claw back their payments, plus three times as much in damages.
This story was first featured in the Aftermath newsletter, a series from David Dayen exploring the economic consequences of the war in Iran. To have these stories delivered to your in-box as soon as ...
There was once a time when our politicians reckoned with moral crises, and the moment appears ripe for a return to it. Murphy describes this not just in economic terms but as a spiritual crisis. I ...
Today’s example is student loans. The program is thoroughly enshittified, byzantine in its complexity, and a source of punitive debt for the young. According to the Department of Education, less than ...
A comprehensive housing bill supported by both parties and the White House inched closer to passage last week. But never doubt the power of the private equity and banking industries and their ...
The seeds of an authoritarian state will still be there unless the United States reckons with its own fascist past and how that relates to Stephen Miller’s vision for the future.
Stephen Miller is in large part dictating U.S. foreign policy, with a mindset of unilateral violence on a maximum scale.