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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…

What Nestle and Abbott Don’t Want You to Know

For decades, workers who make protein for Nestle made a fair living. After a $26 billion takeover, a new owner wants to take away lunch…

The Hidden Reason Manufacturing Jobs Have Disappeared

For decades, battery manufacturing supported the communities of Fennimore and Portage, Wisconsin. Then suddenly, last year, everything changed. Energizer is moving its jobs here overseas—to…

The Government’s Radical Solution to Lower Drug Prices

One in four Americans can't afford to fill their prescription or pay for their medicine. Why? It's because Big Pharma companies like Mylar are exploiting…

The Real Reason Autoworkers Are Fed Up

The United Auto Workers strike is historic. Not just because it's the first time in history the union is striking all Big 3 automakers—Ford, GM,…

This Is The Biggest Threat To Actors & Writers

AI could soon be used to produce an entire episode of Law & Order: SVU. We talked with former SVU showrunner Warren Leight and multiple…

Is Public Ownership The Solution To High Utility Bills?

Maine residents will vote this November on whether to create the first statewide consumer-owned utility in the country. Residents in the state face skyrocketing electricity…

The U.S. Is Finally Taking On Big Pharma

Biden and the Democrats finally implemented something that's been debated for decades — letting Medicare negotiate down the price of drugs. Now Big Pharma is…

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…

How Ron DeSantis Let Billionaires Destroy Florida

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has raked in millions of dollars—and even a golf simulator—from wealthy corporate interests. At the same time, he’s stripped protections from…

How America Can Stop Dangerous Train Derailments

An unlikely coalition of Republicans and Democrats are taking on railroad companies’ greed. Recently, following a disastrous crash in East Palestine, OH, there has been…

Customer Service Sucks By Design

Hosted by Ethan is Online Host: Remember around the holidays when thousands of Southwest flights were canceled and customers were sleeping(00:46) in airports and (00:12)…