Tag: Affordability Crisis

The Corporate Miscreants Driving the Affordability Crisis

A new report from the Institute for Policy Studies, or IPS, takes a deep dive into the battery of corporations they call the “Low Wage 20”: 20 firms that currently employ 6.7 million people across the United States. The names are familiar—Amazon, Starbucks, FedEx, Walmart, and Tyson Foods are habitual malefactors—but their sins are growing […]

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RFK Jr. Suggests People Eat Liver if They’re So Broke

The Department of War has officially put Scouting America on notice. It’s time to get back to basics — and DoW is leading the charge. pic.twitter.com/EnY9mvaFLX — Secretary of War Pete Hegseth (@SecWar) February 27, 2026 Scouting America also will also end its “citizenship in society” merit badge, which a DOD press release claims “made […]

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We Can’t Address Affordability Without Tackling Corporate Power

Student debt relief took over a decade of organizing and campaigning, only to be dashed on the rocks of a Supreme Court case that had to look the other way just to find standing to sue. But when crypto and fintech accounts were threatened by lazy asset management, keeping large deposits in accounts at Silicon […]

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