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How Minnesota Took on Hospital Monopolies and Won
PLUS: Five updates, and they're all good news.
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Pat Garofalo
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Don't Make Workers Eat the Kroger-Albertsons Merger
How mergers push wages down, and what to do about it.
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Pat Garofalo
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Health Care Monopolies Strike Back
Three ways big health care systems are fighting new rules and antitrust scrutiny.
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Taking on Ticketmaster
A California bill would eliminate a key tactic Ticketmaster uses to rip you off.
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April 2023
Inside the Sports Subsidy Industrial Complex
Phony numbers, huge conflicts of interest, and bad journalism.
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Pat Garofalo
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The Public Wants to Ban Secret Deals
New polling shows voters think secret corporate subsidy deals are shady and corrupt.
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Pat Garofalo
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Throw Junk Fees in the Trash
States are following the Biden administration's lead in going after unfair and deceptive fees.
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Inside the Fight to Save Local Journalism
State and federal lawmakers are aiming at Big Tech's ability to destroy local news.
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March 2023
The High Cost of Cheap Corporate Utilities
Discounted energy is a backdoor subsidy.
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Job Creation By Merger Is For Suckers
History is not on the side of deal-cutters.
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Camden Got Answers — And They Revealed A Lot
So much money for big corporations, not many jobs for local residents.
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Pat Garofalo
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Amazon HQ-I Told You So
So many of us tried to warn you, Virginia.
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