The Search for a Pete Buttigieg Fundraiser
Activists heard that Buttigieg might be opening up his high-dollar fundraisers. But finding the location along Manhattan’s wealthiest corridors wasn’t easy.
Politics
Environmental Activists Target Exxon’s Lead Attorney in Climate Liability Case, a Prominent Democratic Donor
Ted Wells Jr., who defended Exxon against a lawsuit by New York’s attorney general, has given half a million dollars to Democrats in recent decades.
The Trump Campaign Is Deploying Phone Location-Tracking Technology
Phunware obtains location and user data to infer “gender, age, lifestyle preferences” of potential voters.
How the FBI Botched Its Russia Inquiry, One of the Most Closely Watched Cases in Its History
The investigation was slowed by communication failures, concerns about political optics, and an overall lack of urgency, along with plenty of mistakes.
Voices
In 2000, Pete Buttigieg Wrote an Essay Praising Bernie Sanders. What, Exactly, Did He Admire?
Buttigieg’s politics are the inverse of Sanders’s ironclad democratic socialism, but spoken with the same resoluteness of tone and courage of conviction.
Pete Buttigieg, in First Campaign for State Treasurer, Swore Off Bank Money, Citing “Conflict of Interest”
But a review of his campaign disclosure records finds that Pete Buttigieg’s presidential campaign is awash in cash from bank executives.
Targeting Iran
Congress to Vote on $22 Billion Defense Increase One Week After Trump Slashed Food Stamps
Presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders and California Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna called the defense bill an example of “astonishing moral cowardice.”
Privatization at the NHS? American Business Interests Seek Growing Share of U.K.'s Health System
The American health care industry has long had its sights on harnessing a wave of privatization and outsourcing in the U.K. system.
Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren Team Up With House Progressives to Challenge Nancy Pelosi on Drug-Pricing Bill
The Progressive Caucus is threatening to vote down a drug-pricing bill important to Nancy Pelosi. Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren have backed them up.
U.S. Lobbyists Prepare to Seize “Historic Opportunity” in Tory-Led Brexit to Shred Consumer Safeguards, Raise Drug Prices
The Brexit deal may be a Trojan horse for U.S. corporate interests, from Silicon Valley and American pork to pharmaceuticals.