Archive - More Perfect Union

The One Big Beautiful Bill Is a Big Corporate Cash Grab

Here’s a look at the industries that won in the “One Big Beautiful Bill,” and one that didn’t quite get everything it wanted.

Jul 2

May 2025

Senate GOP Tees Up Vote on Crypto Bill Expected to Enrich Trump Family

The president’s growing crypto empire presents serious ethical red flags and may amount to criminal violations of anti-corruption laws.

May 8

April 2025

How This Legal Worker Visa Became a Human Trafficking Scheme

“Our agricultural production has depended on workers who are in some ways not fully free.”

Apr 26

March 2025

Corporate Giants Hoping for Extension of Tax Cuts Funded Trump’s Inauguration

Trump raised a record amount for his inauguration—a sign that corporate America and wealthy individuals see value in making donations that put them in…

Mar 24

Elon Musk Told Corporations to Leave Delaware. Here’s What Happened Next.

“Our budget is being held hostage and we're supposed to just listen to the demands, but we have not been told who they’re coming from.”

Mar 19

Trump’s Federal Funding Chaos Puts Meals on Wheels on the Chopping Block

We rode along on a delivery to see how draconian cuts would impact senior services.

Mar 4

February 2025

Pharma Lobbyists Are Behind This Shadowy Group Attacking Drug Pricing Reforms

Seniors 4 Better Care is not really a seniors group — it's a front for a lobbyist-led shell group.

Feb 25

Why Crypto Could Break the Economy

“We're ready to have another 2008 moment.”

Feb 23

Musk Is Building a Company Town in South Texas. What Does He Want?

“They could fund infrastructure that is beneficial to the company, but on the public dime.”

Feb 20

Why Credit Card Interest Rates Are Out of Control

“People aren't just using credit cards because they're frivolous. People are using cards because they have to.”

Feb 14

Trump Said Immigrants Ruined This City. Here’s the Real Story.

“Springfield is a tinderbox right now. And all these people [are] throwing matches, man.”

Feb 7

This Is the Loophole That’s Screwing Up the Tax System

People making $45k a year are paying a bigger share of taxes than billionaires like Blackstone’s Stephen A. Schwarzman.

Feb 6

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