Politics

The Sanders Campaign Researched Whether Warren Could Be Both Vice President and Treasury Secretary at Once

Ryan Grim – Jan. 18

The answer is yes, which could be unsettling news on Wall Street.

Oakland’s Moms 4 Housing Were Evicted by a Giant Corporation That Runs National Home-Flipping Operation

Rebecca Burns – Jan. 17

For every homeless person in Oakland, there are four empty homes. Many are owned by a subsidiary of home-flipping giant Wedgewood Properties.

A Campaign Finance Rule Makes Life Much Harder for Working-Class Challengers

Rachel M. Cohen – Jan. 16

The FEC allows candidates to draw salaries from campaign contributions, but they cannot do so until the filing deadline for entering the primary has passed.

Targeting IranKey Architect of 2003 Iraq War Is Now a Key Architect of Trump Iran Policy

Jon Schwarz – Jan. 16

The continued self-confidence of neocons like David Wurmser is odd given how all their beliefs were proven disastrously wrong in Iraq.

Pete Buttigieg’s Campaign Used Notoriously Low-Paying Gig-Work Platform for Polling

Ryan Grim, Akela Lacy – Jan. 16

The campaign’s use of Mechanical Turk is in sharp contrast with Buttigieg’s outspokenness about the need for protections for gig workers.