National Politics • 5 min read In Chicago Mayoral Race, Plutocrats Spend Big Against New Taxes Paul Vallas has raked in $1.6 million from executives at financial firms that could be hit by his progressive opponent’s proposed tax on speculative trades.
National Politics • 7 min read Republican Tells Lobbyists It’s “Hackish” To Blame Bank Failures On Deregulation Patrick McHenry defends Trump’s bank deregulation law days before leading an inquiry into the collapse of Signature Bank — his top donor.
Podcasts • 1 min read 🎧 LEVER TIME: Who Created America’s Free Market Mythology? On this week’s Lever Time: How General Electric manufactured an ideology
Labor • 8 min read To Crush Unions, Starbucks Targets Employee Communications Labor experts say Starbucks is hijacking a federal court process to dig up information to further chill union drives.
Podcasts • 1 min read 🎧 MOVIES VS. CAPITALISM: Judas and the Black Messiah (w/ Ryan Christian) On this week’s Movies vs. Capitalism, Rivka and Frank discuss the 2021 Fred Hampton biopic, Judas and the Black Messiah.
Labor • 7 min read “Everyone Wants A Raise When The Minimum Wage Goes Up” Lobbyists opposing a minimum wage hike in New York say the quiet part out loud behind closed doors.
Business • 6 min read Facing Collapse, Trump-Linked Bank Fought Regulators Only months before its troubles, First Republic pressured bank overseers to preserve the status quo