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May 4, 2021
Jacob Silverman
Josh Hawley and the GOP’s Fake War Against Big Tech
The senator’s new book is a case study in why conservatives struggle to be populists.
April 30, 2021
Jacob Silverman
Tech Giants’ Obscene Pandemic Profits Are Begging to Be Taxed
The post-Covid economic recovery looks anything but fair. Tax the titans of the pandemic!
April 30, 2021
Luis Feliz Leon
The Labor Battle for the Right to Pee
App delivery workers for DoorDash, Grubhub, Uber Eats, and other tech giants are fighting for a living wage, employment status, and the simple right to pee in privacy.
March 17, 2021
Magazine
Osita Nwanevu
Break up the Telecom Giants
Verizon and AT&T hold the keys to the internet for millions of Americans—and have enough power, online and off, to be just as worthy of scrutiny as the social media giants.
January 29, 2021
Magazine
Jake Bittle
The GOP Has Nothing Left but a Persecution Complex
What’s really behind the right’s war against Silicon Valley
November 25, 2020
Jacob Silverman
Do You Know Your Microsoft Productivity Score?
Don’t ignore that Excel spreadsheet or PowerPoint presentation! The company’s 365 software now rates worker performance.
September 21, 2020
Jacob Silverman
Trump’s Misguided, Jingoistic War Against TikTok
The real enemy of privacy isn’t China. It’s Big Tech.
September 8, 2020
Magazine
J.C. Pan
The Anti-Democratic Origins of Voter Prediction
How the Simulmatics Corporation tried to engineer an election—and paved the way for the Cambridge Analytica scandal
July 31, 2020
Max Moran
The Future of Trust-Busting Is in Joe Biden’s Hands
The anti-monopoly movement is having a moment, and it's time for the Democratic nominee to show us where he stands.
May 14, 2020
Magazine
Dean Baker
Building an Economy That Works Again
A practical blueprint for reform in the wake of the coronavirus shutdown
July 9, 2019
Alex Shephard
What Does Big Tech Want From Buttigieg?
The 2020 presidential candidate raised a mountain of money last quarter, and a lot of it came from Silicon Valley.
April 11, 2018
Alex Shephard
Mark Zuckerberg’s Trip to the Principal’s Office
The Facebook CEO came to the Senate expecting a beatdown, but escaped with a scolding.
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