YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: Mother Earth Shares Her Power
Plus, mental health comes for the people, more states fight the big tax scam, and busting union busters makes workers feel good.
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Will The Real Kamala Harris Please Stand Up? (Part 2)
Kamala Harris portrays herself as a progressive champion of working-class causes, but her career shows her remarkable ease with bucking those values for political gain.
J.D. Vance’s Master Plan For Citizens United 2.0
The vice presidential candidate is helping spearhead a lawsuit designed to prompt the Supreme Court’s destruction of some of the country’s last remaining campaign finance laws.
Monopoly League Baseball
Why is a private equity firm reaping the benefits of hundreds of millions in taxpayer subsidies while taking over Minor League Baseball?
Master Plan, Ep 5: How Corporations Became People
Our fifth episode examines a series of U.S. Supreme Court cases that laid the groundwork for PACs, Citizens United, and money-as-speech.
Google’s “Assistance” Is Killing Journalism
California had a shot at making Big Tech pay for its stranglehold on local news — but instead it caved to industry pressure and strengthened tech firms’ grip.
YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: A Dam Good Idea
Plus, AI gets reined in, Mississippi thinks of the children, and electric school buses power on.
Buying Elections Could Become A Tax Deduction
Legal operatives tied to Trump, power broker Leonard Leo, and a hate group are aiming to make dark-money donations tax deductible.
Will The Real Kamala Harris Please Stand Up? (Part 1)
Kamala Harris has branded herself as a crusader against corporate greed — but does her background support the claim?
MASTER PLAN Bonus: Ralph Nader Vs. The Master Plan
David Sirota talks with the man whose legislative successes prompted a corporate backlash and Lewis Powell’s infamous memo.