The rail industry’s army of lobbyists descended on Capitol Hill to block safety regulations—and found plenty of Republicans willing to do their bidding.

Executive compensation increases actually fell in 2022. But they’re off the charts again. Here’s what Washington needs to do about this.

According to a judge, the Tesla boss isn't worth what the firm pays him.

The e-commerce giant wanted to buy the maker of Roomba, potentially cornering the robot-vacuum market. Then regulators sounded the alarm.

Janikka Perry never made it home from her shift at the bakery of a supercenter in Arkansas. She was one of many Walmart workers who have been pressured to work through illness or pain, sometimes with devastating consequences.

These are the people who made the world worse this year—plus a few who fought the good fight.

Under a 43-year-old law, the feds can revoke drug patents if the company acts against the public interest. Will Biden be the first to try?

Mindy Scheier built her brand catering to disabled people, but there’s mounting evidence that she’s no ally.

Its president ignored the warning signs about declining enrollment. Now WVU is deeply in debt, in thrall to market-worshipping consultants, and cutting a shocking number of programs and faculty.

Weapons manufacturers have seen stocks surge amid the war between Israel and Hamas. But so have oil companies.

New evidence that when Amazon comes to town, warehouse wages go down.

The FTC chair’s bold move against her longtime bête noire sends the right message at a vulnerable moment for corporate mergers.

Artificial intelligence once promised to make us healthier and wealthier. Now, we’re faced with either gimmicky chatbots or total annihilation.

How Sam Bankman-Fried and other unscrupulous CEOs managed to swindle so many people

Those Bud Light protests just scratched the surface. The right wing is constructing an entire parallel economy, from its own coffee to its own banks.

If Congress allows billions in childcare relief to expire in three weeks, parents are going to pay the price.

A national laxative shortage is the perfect metaphor for the United States these past four decades.

How extreme weather could unite the environmental and labor movements

Charities affiliated with major investment banks allow anonymous donors to give millions of dollars to anti-LGBTQ and racist groups—and get a tax break for it.

The Teamsters’ energetic new president is talking tough. It’s risky—but the environment hasn’t been this favorable to labor in decades.