What We’re Reading

We rounded up some of the best analysis of this political earthquake.

Bloomberg Businessweek reports that the project is riddled with shoddy workmanship.

A new report by ProPublica looks at how we're losing some of the most important gains of the civil rights movement.

Prosecutors are finally looking at some of Wall Street's largest offenders.

Issa is outraged that public sector workers are receiving bonuses after being disciplined.

Two articles reveal different angles on the defining political dynamic of our times.

From Halliburton to Healthcare.gov to private prisons and welfare systems, contracting has often proved problematic.

The conservative columnist is so outraged at plutocrats facing criticism that he's reversed his position on disclosure.

Once the wealthiest in the world, America's middle class now takes home less income than their counterparts in Canada. And America's poor are lagging even further behind.

The vast majority of restaurants across the country pressure their employees to work while sick or injured, writes activist Saru Jayaraman in this book excerpt.