Watch Trump’s Financial Industry Watchdog Get Grilled by Congress’ Newest Members
Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. When news broke in January that a slew of Democratic House freshmen who have largely forsworn corporate PAC donations had snagged seats on the powerful House Financial Services Committee, Wall Street was not pleased. A Thursday hearing hosted by the committee…
A Year After Parkland, Republicans Still Don’t Want to Fund Gun Violence Research
Protesters demand gun control during the March for Our Lives on March 24, 2018, in Portland, Oregon.Diego Diaz/Sportswire/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. A year after the Parkland massacre sparked widespread demands for more research into the causes of gun violence, Republicans are still reluctant to give scientists funding to…
Facebook Announces a New Plan to Stop Vaccine Hoaxes
Omar Marques/SOPA Images/ZUMA Wire Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Facebook announced new steps Thursday to reduce the spread of misinformation about vaccines, after measles outbreaks in several states prompted weeks of heightened criticism of the company for allowing massive anti-vaccination groups to proliferate on its platform. Massive anti-vaccination pages and…
Congress Thinks Diverse Hiring Can Stop Tech’s Racist Bias. History Says They’re Wrong.
Scott Carson/ZUMA Wire Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On Wednesday, Congress held a hearing on diversity in the technology industry to address the sector’s abysmal statistics on inclusion. Lawmakers and expert witnesses touted increasing diversity as a necessary tool to reduce the potential harmful biases being coded into technology. It…
The Government’s Failure to Block the Time Warner-AT&T Merger Could Lead to Even Bigger Monopolies
Igor Golovniov/Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The Department of Justice lost its appeal of the politically charged AT&T-Time Warner merger last week, potentially putting some brakes on a burgeoning anti-monopoly movement and putting pressure on Congress to act instead. The case marked the first time in more than…
The Private Prison Industry Just Suffered A Major Blow. And It Could Just Be the Beginning.
A protester inside a Chase bank in December 2019.SOPA Images/Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Last month, on Valentine’s Day, dozens of protesters gathered outside the Upper East Side apartment of Jamie Dimon with a mariachi band and signs urging the JP Morgan Chase CEO to “break up with” private…