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This Is Why Your Furniture Sucks Now
How bad trade deals and IKEA ruined Americans’ couches and tables.
Here's What Happens When Corporations Offshore Your Job
“They want us to live in that constant state of fear."
Pro-Labor Legislators Can Fight Back Against What's Coming. Here's How.
Some state lawmakers want to enshrine Biden’s pro-worker reforms before they might be undone.
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Here's the Real Reason Why Americans Can't Afford to Retire
Hint: it has very little to do with #grinding.
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December 2024

From Amazon to Starbucks, How Corporations Used the System Against Workers and Consumers This Year
We’ve been tracking corporate power — including how companies wield it, and how working people and key allies in the government are fighting back.
The Corporate Scam of Forced Arbitration
Companies have weaponized forced arbitration to escape accountability and screw over consumers.
Should Fossil Fuel Companies Pay For Climate Disasters?
Our disaster recovery systems are failing people. New York could provide a path forward.
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Here Are All the Reasons We’re Getting Scammed on Health Care
Health insurance, PBMs, Big Pharma, food conglomerates — you name it, we covered it.
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BREAKING: The Amazon Labor Union Is Going on Strike
“Ultimately, Amazon only speaks one language, and that’s money.”
How Stellantis Got Cheap and Destroyed the Jeep
After years of skimping on costs, Stellantis is putting out a worse product. Workers and consumers alike are fed up.
Medicare Advantage Denied My Dying Mom a Bed
How conglomerates are making health care for the elderly worse.
Meet the Workers Who Could Organize the Only Whole Foods Union
We spoke to the Philadelphia workers who could reverse Amazon’s union-busting playbook.
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