Tag: antitrust
Senators probe Equifax over plans to profit from Medicaid and SNAP...
Warren, Wyden, and Sanders are demanding disclosures from Equifax as new federal work requirements threaten to strip healthcare and food assistance from millions while expanding the company’s already dominant income verification business.
Inherited wealth boom puts a spotlight on a global inequality emergency
As the G20 prepares to meet in Johannesburg, experts warn that more than $70 trillion set to change hands will entrench wealth gaps and threaten democracy without coordinated action.
Under the microscope: DOJ’s antitrust probe into UnitedHealth’s market dominance
In a landmark move, the Biden DOJ initiates an antitrust investigation into UnitedHealth, unraveling the healthcare behemoth's sprawling influence and its implications for patient care and market competition.
Break up Facebook (and, while we’re at it, Google, Apple, and...
We must resurrect antitrust.
Trump and the end of antitrust
America used to have antitrust laws that permanently stopped corporations from monopolizing markets, and often broke up the biggest culprits.
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Forget the DC swamp—here’s a gripping documentary about the most courageous, legendary clean water...
We’re talking seriously impactful breakthroughs, per this Inside Climate News report, as Diane and local citizen scientists now oversee a $50 (FIFTY!) million settlement—the largest clean water EPA penalty ever.
Israel and the United States are merging their military. Here’s why.
"From aid to partnership," the U.S. and Israel are set to become even more united in genocide.
Baby we can bomb Iran
A re-cast version of Springsteen’s “Born to Run.”
Colombia adopts nationwide framework to fight illegal deforestation through cattle traceability
The new law will trace cattle from ranch to supermarket in an effort for government agencies and companies to monitor deforestation databases that will cross-reference land tenure and cattle ownership.
Moderate Democrats: Splitting the party in two
This is the most important midterm election in American history. If the Democratic Party leadership splits the party and the Republicans win, Democrats will go the way of the Whig and the Tory.