Blackstone’s Utility Gambit in New Mexico Could Slip Away
The walls appear to be closing in on private equity giant Blackstone and TXNM Energy, the utility company serving 800,000…
AWOL in the Class War
It’s taken about 45 years for a politically potent supermajority of Americans to come together and realize that they’re on…
Aftermath: The War Ends and the Aftermath Begins
This story was first featured in the Aftermath newsletter, a series from David Dayen exploring the economic consequences of the…
California Town Lets Private ICE Detention Centers Police Themselves
“Private prison companies have a strong financial incentive to make it appear as though nothing is going wrong in private…
Fox Solves Its ‘Death of Cable’ Problem by Buying the Modern Cable Box
Fox acquiring Roku gives it a foothold in the sophisticated world of surveillance advertising, endlessly tracking the preferences of viewers…
Nothing Is Safe From Private Equity Rollups
Private equity targets small, family-owned sectors with lots of independent suppliers, which allows consumer choice and competition based on quality,…
Blues for ActBlue
Last Thursday, U.S. District Court Judge Richard G. Stearns issued a powerful decision effectively shutting down Texas Attorney General and…
Graham Platner Prepares to Take On Susan Collins
Can the Graham Platner whirlwind sweep Susan Collins out of one of Maine’s Senate seats?
Trump and Bernie Agree: Let’s Own AI!
The case for having the government take co-ownership of AI—make that the *cases* for having the government take co-ownership of…