Tag: Private Equity

Private equity is swallowing up America's emergency rooms. 1 in 4 ERs are now staffed by private equity-based firms. The waits are longer, the bills…

A historic wave of tenant organizing is on the verge of winning renter protections that would be attached to federal loans—affecting 1 in 4 apartments.…

By Donald Shaw and David Moore, Sludge Shortly after striking a deal to kill legislation that would have made it harder for investment managers to pay…

Three weeks after Kroger upended America’s grocery market by announcing it intended to purchase Albertsons, I talked to a man whose job is facilitating these…

By Donald Shaw, Sludge Arizona Democratic Sen. Kyrsten Sinema’s fundraising from the private equity and hedge fund industries has been on a dramatic rise so…

Over the last year, More Perfect Union has told the stories of workers, renters, homeowners, and consumers after private equity invades their lives. We covered…

Private equity is overtaking the restaurant industry. With 650,000 workers under their control, private equity firm Roark Capital owns $33 billion in assets — including…

Mobile home residents say they’re suddenly seeing their rents double, nighttime curfews imposed, even their lawns destroyed. Why? Because Wall Street private equity firms are…

When the private equity firm BC Partners bought PetSmart in 2015, animal deaths more than doubled and working conditions plummeted. PetSmart workers are organizing with…