It is worth noting that there are two publicly announced $120 million abundance grant funds, the Abundance and Growth Fund from Coefficient Giving (née Open Philanthropy) and Jennifer Pahlka’s ...

In today’s edition, we highlight an underdiscussed reason why damage from the war hasn’t eaten the U.S. economy: fiscal stimulus.

The domestic return of the New World screwworm, a parasite that can devastate cattle herds, happened while the Trump ...

The industry is hugely lucrative, with endless sums of cash to influence lawmakers. A new report tracks 25 years of health insurance industry donations.

Congress is staring down the barrel of a manufactured crisis. Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) expires Friday, June 12. Under this authority, U.S. intelligence agencies ...

These economic royalists complain that we seek to overthrow the institutions of America,” he said. “What they really complain of is that we seek to take away their power.” In his final pre-election ...

The basic structure of Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act was this: savage cuts to social benefits of all kinds, including Medicaid, food stamps, and (implicitly) Obamacare, coupled to massive ...

Canadian hockey legend Gordie Howe By rights, opening the Gordie Howe International Bridge between Detroit and Windsor, Ontario, should mean celebrating the Saskatchewan-born Detroit Red Wings hockey ...

This story was first featured in the Aftermath newsletter, a series from David Dayen exploring the economic consequences of the war in Iran. To have these stories delivered to your in-box as soon as ...

Back in 2022, the cryptocurrency “industry” was facing some problems. Their product was sort of like money, though useful only for criminals, and also consumed nation-state amounts of electricity. A ...

The only truly passionate players in today’s election appear to be the corporate moguls funding the anti–Tom Steyer campaigns.

President Trump’s appointment of Bill Pulte as acting director of national intelligence is roiling an emerging bipartisan extension of warrantless spying.