Late Capitalism
The Hot New Millennial Trend Is Scamming Amazon for Big Money
"To most people $230,000 is a lot of money, but for Amazon it probably doesn’t do anything to hurt its stock price."
Trump's America Is a Great Place to Cheat on Taxes
The Paradise Papers. The Panama Papers. Straight-up fraud. "We haven't even gotten to the tip of that iceberg," one expert said.
Jeff Bezos Is So Powerful He Basically Dictates the Minimum Wage Now
The Amazon CEO announced he's upping pay for his workers, which could force competitors to follow suit and bolster his own image, too.
This Is How the Rich Steal from America
That Donald Trump inherited an insane amount of money isn't shocking. But how his dad and he pulled it off by selling a lie really is.
You're Probably Not Getting That Loan Forgiveness You're Counting On
Out of almost 30,000 people who applied for a forgiveness program, just 96—less than 1 percent—had their debt erased. And it gets worse.
Gentrification Is Pushing Haitians Out of Miami's Little Haiti
With the steep rise of rents and the closure of cultural touchstones like botanicas, some Haitian immigrants don't feel at home in their own neighborhood.
This Pretend Billionaire Threw Insane Parties for Celebs and then Vanished
From hosting champagne-drenched ragers on the French Riviera to helping arrange funding for the 'The Wolf of Wall Street,' Jho Low seemed to have it all—until his world started falling apart.
What Brooklyn Really Looked Like in the 70s and 80s
"Rents were so low, you could work and make a decent living without a college degree."
The Bailouts for the Rich Are Why America Is So Screwed Right Now
Did they prevent a full-scale collapse? Yes. Was it necessary to do it the way we did? Not at all.
Rich People Broke America and Never Paid the Price
Lehman Brothers collapsed ten years ago, exposing a rotten system run only by greed. In an alternate universe, things actually changed.
This Is How People Can Actually Afford to Live in the Bay Area
“When people ask me what my favorite restaurant is, I laugh."