More Perfect Union

How Data Centers Are Driving Up Your Electricity Costs

How Big Tech is driving up electricity demand and forcing consumers to foot the bill.

Sep 4

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August 2025

How “Cash-Advance” Apps Are Actually Scamming Borrowers

“Fintech’s colorful, emoji-filled version of payday loans is just the latest in a long tradition of predatory lending.”

Aug 27

55

How Big Rail’s Automation Gamble Could Cost Lives

“It’s a pure profiteering move by the carriers.”

Aug 22

40

This Rail Company Got Away With Poisoning an Entire Town

“There’s an unwritten law of big business in America - if you have enough money, you can get away with almost anything.”

Aug 8

109

The Two Companies Gaming the Dialysis Industry

A look into what happens when CEOs try to run health care like fast food.

Aug 1

66

July 2025

The Scheme To Enrich Utility Companies At Your Expense

Investor-owned utility companies are jacking up energy prices—and regulators aren’t doing enough to stop them.

Jul 30

69

These Trades Workers Voted for Trump. Now They Feel Betrayed.

Trump has cancelled billions of dollars for clean energy projects to pay for tax cuts for the wealthy in his ‘Big Beautiful Bill.’ Workers who voted for…

Jul 17

78

After Receiving Millions in Crypto Support, These Three Democrats Are Pushing the Industry’s Top Bill

The bill would ensure most cryptocurrency tokens are treated as commodities and not securities, limiting the Securities and Exchange Commission’s…

Jul 15

87

The Scandal-Ridden Meatpacking Company Taking Over U.S. Markets

A meatpacking giant known for labor violations and bribery scandals just went public. Now, small farmers and independent ranchers are worried they’ll be…

Jul 9

95

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

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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

69

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

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