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Recent:
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Past:
  • Truthout
  • The Intercept
  • Salon.com

Past articles by Sam:

Bitcoin ATM Companies Are Preying on the Poor

Bitcoin Depot has admitted to its investors that it relies on demographic data to strategically place its machines. → Read More

JPMorgan Chase Pledged Carbon Reduction. Weeks Later It Financed Coal Mining.

A new report documents how investment capital continues to threaten the well-being of billions of people. → Read More

Crypto Industry Ally Joins House GOP Leadership, Nixing Hopes for Reform

Future House Majority Whip Tom Emmer has interfered with investigations of crypto firms such as FTX. → Read More

Wall Street Lobbyists Admit Big Banks Don’t Plan to Honor Their Climate Pledges

Big bank lobbyists have openly told regulators that Wall Street’s disingenuous climate pledges were made to be broken. → Read More

More US Employers Are Trapping Workers in a New Form of Indentured Servitude

Bosses in more industries are preventing workers from quitting by charging them for training costs if they leave. → Read More

Company Responsible for Tainted Baby Formula Has Monopoly Over Aid Program Sales

The current sole-source system allowing market monopolies within government aid programs puts babies at risk. → Read More

NLRB Is Reviewing a Rule Change That Has Helped Bosses Bust Unions for Decades

Under the Joy Silk doctrine, the NLRB may be able to effectively force bosses into recognition of a union. → Read More

Unregulated Cryptocurrency Bubble Could Send the Economy Into a Tailspin

Bank regulators are rushing to create cryptocurrency rules amid fears that a crypto crash could have wider effects. → Read More

Democrat Opposed to the PRO Act Was Showered With Cash From Amazon Executives

Sen. Mark Warner is one of four Democrats holding up legislation to make it harder for Amazon to bust unions. → Read More

Supreme Court Case on Farmworker Protections Could End Up Harming All Regulation

A legion of well-funded right-wing think tanks is leading the charge to dismantle these protections. → Read More

Biden’s Agriculture Nominee Could Bring US Back Into Trans-Pacific Partnership

Tom Vilsack is expected to pursue the interests of agribusiness like he did as Agricultural Secretary under Obama. → Read More

Biden's Hawkish Foreign Policy Could Derail Moves to Fight Austerity

Biden risks undermining his domestic agenda by pursuing foreign policy that could lead to costly military entanglements. → Read More

Pompeo Urges US to "Confront" What He Calls the "Iran-al-Qaeda Axis"

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called Iran “the new Afghanistan,” fabricating ties between Iran, al-Qaeda and 9/11. → Read More

Silicon Valley Campaign Cash Complicates Democrats’ Plan to Break Up Tech Giants

Democratic candidates in key Senate races are outraising their GOP counterparts in campaign cash from the tech industry. → Read More

Senate Democrats Enabled the Biggest Bank Merger Since the 2008 Crash

The proposed purchase of SunTrust by BB&T would create the sixth-largest bank in the U.S. → Read More

Joe Biden's "Bipartisanship" Promotes Republican Agenda

Biden has a long history of backing extremely harmful bipartisan legislation. → Read More

Waiting for Iceland's Brave Stance Against Neoliberalism, 10 Years Later

The narrative of Iceland as standing up to the banks following the 2008 crisis is largely a myth. → Read More

Mulvaney Student Fee Whitewash Benefits Bank of America, US Bank

Mick Mulvaney's leadership at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau could be disastrous for college students. → Read More

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's Payday Loan Rule Survives GOP Repeal

The rule is centered around the idea short-term, high-interest lenders must try to ensure that borrowers can afford to make payment on their products. → Read More

Trump Calls Kerry Outreach on Iran "Possibly Illegal Shadow Diplomacy"

Trump floated the idea that John Kerry could face criminal charges for lobbying to salvage the Iranian Nuclear Deal. → Read More