Breaking up hospital and drug monopolies could save families $6,000 a year, report finds
A 26-group coalition of pharmacists, physicians and patients says consolidation, not coverage gaps, is driving the crisis.
The Trump Administration’s Plan for Protecting Consumers? Politely Ask Companies to Behave.
Rather than investigate a buzzy fintech startup for throwing users’ accounts into chaos, the Russell Vought-led Consumer Financial Protection Bureau trusted that the company was “back on track.” Customers soon learned the hard way that this wasn’t true.
Highest Gasoline Prices ever in Aug., as US-Iran Tit for Tat Strikes Continue
Americans paid nearly $60 billion more at the pump this spring than a year earlier, and the Gulf shipping crisis shows no sign of easing before the price hits again.
Low-wage S&P 500 companies spent $718 billion on stock buybacks since 2019, report finds
The same 100 corporations pay their median workers 614 times less than their CEOs and lobbied for cuts to the food and health aid those workers rely on
US-Canada trade war deepens as Trump revives Depression-era trade tool – what’s at stake...
Trump’s use of a trade tool created during the Great Depression helped trigger a trade war between the two border countries, with few signs of de-escalation in sight.
Starbucks Workers United calls nationwide boycott as contract fight drags on
The AFL-CIO's 65 unions endorsed the campaign as more than 550 unfair labor practice charges sit unresolved against the company.
“Most Americans Are Getting Poorer”: Robert Reich on Inequality & the Failures of Corporate...
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent called on UC Berkeley to fire Reich after he disputed White House claims that the wealth gap has closed.
Joint Economic Committee Democrats put Trump’s 2026 oil and gas stock gains at up...
The same report totals $71.5 billion in extra gasoline spending since February 28, an average of $604 a family, and the White House says independent managers control the portfolio.
On September 2, federal layoff appeals move from the Merit Systems Protection Board to...
Ninety-nine percent of the 1,252 public comments opposed the change, and employees will no longer be able to take a final decision to federal court.
Teamsters accuse Amazon and 13 subcontractors of skipping New York’s layoff notice law
The union puts the unpaid back wages at up to $11 million as a City Council bill to make Amazon hire its drivers directly reaches 34 sponsors









