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What Dollar General Doesn’t Want You To Know

Dollar General is stealing from their customers. They put one price on items and charge another—higher—price at the register. It’s a major scam that’s siphoning…

I Work For the King of Beers. I’m Paid Like a Peasant

5,000 Teamsters could shut down Anheuser-Busch on March 1st. 99% of the workers at 12 breweries voted to authorize a strike. One worker told us,…

Elizabeth Warren Warns of National Abortion Ban if GOP Wins in 2024

Sen. Elizabeth Warren lays out two scenarios for the future of abortion in the U.S.

The End of Overdraft Fees Is Finally Happening

Under a new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rule, overdraft fees at large banks will be strictly regulated and capped as low as $3. These fees…

Who is the most anti-worker presidential candidate? Nikki Haley

Nikki Haley proudly squashed Boeing workers’ union drive, fought to expand right to work, and gave away more than $800 billion in tax cuts to…

How Internet Companies like Verizon And Comcast Abandoned Rural America

One in five people in rural America lack access to reliable internet. They've been abandoned by big telecommunications companies like Verizon, Comcast, and AT&T who…

Chicago’s Radical Solution For Broken Tipping Culture

We dug into how American tipping culture got so broken, and the fight to fix it. It turns out that your tips are subsidizing the…

This New Deal Jobs Program Is Coming Back

President Joe Biden's administration just unveiled the American Climate Corps, a program to put 20,000 people to work in clean energy and climate resiliency. But…

Ted Cruz Rakes in Finance Industry Donations While Cosplaying as a Populist

By Donald Shaw and David Moore, Sludge Heading into a re-election contest next year, Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz is trying to position himself as…

The Republicans’ Main Talking Point Against Drug Price Negotiations Comes From a Pharmaceutical Investor

By Donald Shaw and David Moore, Sludge On Tuesday, following the Biden administration’s announcement of the pharmaceutical drugs that it has chosen for Medicare price negotiations…

Could America Have A General Strike Like France?

When millions of French protesters shut down their country over the president's decision to raise the retirement age, U.S. commentators said it could never happen…

Workers Are About To Get Way More Power

The National Labor Relations Board is expected to soon issue a major legal decision that would give workers a significantly stronger voice in the workplace.…