Health Care • 4 min read Biden And Becerra Let Big Pharma Profiteer Off Cancer Drug Rejecting cancer patients’ petition, the Biden administration refuses to use the power its HHS Secretary demanded Trump use.
Podcasts • 1 min read 🎧 LEVER TIME: She Was Blocked for Being Right on Banks On this week’s Lever Time: Saule Omarova’s warnings about deregulation were rejected
Labor • 2 min read Verizon Organizer Gets His Job Back Verizon reinstates a retail worker it fired for union activities under a settlement with the National Labor Relations Board.
Podcasts • 1 min read 🎧 MOVIES VS. CAPITALISM: Brazil (w/ Melanie Vesey) On this week’s MVC, the team digs into Terry Gilliam’s dystopian black comedy.
Business • 3 min read Document Shows Regulators Knew Of SVB Risk Five Years Ago Bank overseers published a 2018 report with a major red flag about Silicon Valley Bank — and then they ignored it.
Video • 1 min read 📽️ WATCH NOW: Meet The Champions Of Banking Deregulation See who helped slash bank rules before Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse, what they said at the time, and what they’re saying now.
National Politics • 3 min read Fed Insisted SVB Posed No Serious Risk To Financial System Less than two years later, Fed Chair Jerome Powell cited systemic risk as justification to protect Silicon Valley Bank’s depositors.