The Truth About Taxes: George Floyd Died, Donald Trump Got Millions
Co-published with The Crisis. This year, each of us has lost something. I am fortunate that my biggest loss has been my faith in our tax system.
Corporate Virtue Signaling Is Fine. But Actions Matter More.
Co-published with the Los Angeles Times. U.S. corporations are ‘virtue signaling’ like crazy on race. But actions speak louder than words.
Homeless Workers Face the Pandemic
Co-published with Slate. What do stay-at-home orders mean when there’s nowhere to stay?
Many Minorities Avoid Seeking Credit Due to Generations of Discrimination. Why That Keeps Them Back.
Co-published with CNBC. Decades of discrimination by the government and America’s financial institutions have induced an almost trauma-like response in many people of color, making them …
Don’t Subsidize Companies That Silence Workers
Co-published with OtherWords. When workers can’t organize or speak out, their lives—and ours—may be at risk.
Hedge-Fund Ownership Cost Sears Workers Their Jobs. Now They’re Fighting Back.
Co-published with The Nation. Laid-off retail workers are demanding severance, labor protections—and an end to the Wall Street playbook of owning a company while hollowing it …
The Greatest Show of Them All
Co-published with Lapham’s Quarterly. How a New Deal senator’s anti-monopoly investigations changed American business.
The Shutdown Is Great for Lenders
Co-published with The Nation. Over 800,000 furloughed workers missed two paychecks during the most recent government shutdown. And credit unions, banks, and finance companies reaped the …
Money Talks, But Does Anyone Understand What It’s Saying?
Co-published with The Los Angeles Times. Nowhere is the power of language so stealthy and destructive as the world of high finance.
Corporate-Feminist Self-Help Was Always A Scam
Co-published with Bitch Media. There is a clear link between the bestseller that hectored women to demand more from themselves in the workplace and the Facebook …
General Motors, Sears & Toys R Us: Layoffs Highlight our Shredding Financial Safety Net
Co-published with NBC. Millions of Americans are in danger of entering their final decades unable to afford ballooning medical bills and cost-of-living expenses.
Dollar General Throws a Lifeline to Hard-Pressed Communities. Not All Welcome It.
Co-published with The LA Times. The dollar store has thrown a lifeline of food and capital to impoverished pockets, but how much quality is in that …