capitalism
If money is speech, then speech isn’t free
July 11, 2024When the Supreme Court rules that cash payments — even bribes — are “free speech,” then those of us with less cash get a lot less free speech.
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Architect of Project 2025 cheers U.S.’ march toward dictatorship
July 5, 2024Heritage Foundation leader says Trump's “revolution” will be “bloodless, if the left allows it to be.”
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After 150 years, Black residents of Sandbranch, Texas, still have no running water
June 25, 2024The residents of this “freedman’s town” can’t drink the water from their taps because it’s too toxic, but county officials say they’re not worth the money it would cost to pipe in water.
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Chiquita banana bosses and their hired paramilitaries lose big in court
June 24, 2024In Colombia, a popular mobilization carries on against the oligarchy and its politics of paramilitarism.
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Congress for sale: Cryptocurrency firms write regulations governing their own industry
June 17, 2024If any industry ever needed more oversight, it’s the crypto business. But the industry is trying to dodge regulation—with help from Congress.
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