Saturday, August 9, 2025
■ The Week in Review
"As a result, Big Medicine will profit at the expense of vulnerable hospice patients, some of whom will pay with their lives, and the workers who care for them."
By Jake Johnson • Aug 8, 2025
"Stuffing private equity, crypto, and other 'alternative assets' into 401(k)s is about propping up scams and bailing out an industry that's run out of buyers," said one critic.
By Jake Johnson • Aug 7, 2025
"In contrast with the president's assertion of bustling job creation," said The Century Foundation's Andrew Stettner, "Americans can't get off of unemployment benefits in an economy that has stopped adding jobs outside of healthcare."
By Jake Johnson • Aug 7, 2025
"ICE opening up recruiting to teenagers because they can't find enough adults willing to be their racist storm troopers is some real dystopian shit," said one critic.
By Brett Wilkins • Aug 6, 2025
Meanwhile, 17% of Americans say they're using buy now, pay later services for medical or dental care.
By Jessica Corbett • Aug 6, 2025
"All these goodies were paid for in part by denying families healthcare," said the executive director of Americans for Tax Fairness. "The tradeoff couldn't be more clear or more cruel."
By Brad Reed • Aug 6, 2025
"RFK Jr. is systematically turning the USA from the leader in science to an ideologically anti-scientific backwater of quackery and pseudoscience," said a prominent infectious diseases doctor.
By Brad Reed • Aug 6, 2025
"Deepfakes are evolving faster than human sanity can keep up," said one critic. "We're three clicks away from a world where no one knows what's real."
By Brett Wilkins • Aug 5, 2025
"At a time when working families are getting crushed by skyrocketing energy costs and the planet is literally burning, sabotaging this program isn't just wrong—it's absolutely insane," said Sen. Bernie Sanders.
By Brett Wilkins • Aug 5, 2025
"We are at a pivotal moment in our country—the future of our unions, our democracy, and our freedoms is at stake," said labor organizations across the country.
By Jake Johnson • Aug 5, 2025
"The racism here is on steroids," said one critic about Trump's statements on immigrant farmworkers.
By Brad Reed • Aug 5, 2025
Anxiety about grocery prices is particularly strong among Americans earning $30,000 or less per year, as nearly two-thirds of them described paying for groceries as a "major source of stress."
By Brad Reed • Aug 4, 2025
