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March 17, 2026 | Slate
Sam Alito’s Latest Reversal at the Supreme Court Is an Absolute Embarrassment
Last month, when the Supreme Court agreed to grant a petition from two oil companies, Suncor and Exxon, in a long-running dispute over whether the companies can be held liable under state law by Boulder, Colorado, for climate damages ensuing from their corporate misconduct, the most notable sentence was the one that was missing: “Justice Alito took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.”
February 10, 2026
An Abundance of Techno-Optimism
The latest pro-Abundance group’s alignment with AI and tech interests is nothing new: abundists have long promoted AI and data centers.
February 09, 2026
The AI Lobbyist Starting An Abundance Nonprofit
Next American Era is hoping to help push abundance policies into the mainstream. It’s headed by OpenAI lobbyist Cheri Bustos
January 29, 2026
What We Mean When We Talk About Corporate Power
How should we define corporate power, and how should we attempt to understand its growth over time? Here’s some metrics.
January 21, 2026
West Virginia’s AG Represents Coal Donors, Not Constituents
The coal industry in the U.S. has spent decades inundating our communities with billions of tons of toxic coal ash. That ash has seeped toxic metals into the water that we drink. Its dust has spewed radioactive particulates into the air that we breathe. It has even turned the walls and soils of our homes, schools, parks, and hospitals cancerous due to its largely unregulated use as cheap construction fill.
January 20, 2026
Support for Data Centers in Shor Supply
No, data centers aren’t going to cut all of our taxes.
December 11, 2025
Trump Has Already Shattered FEMA Without Eliminating It
The Trump administration doesn’t need to formally eradicate FEMA to destroy it.
November 14, 2025
Top Trump Official Failed To Disclose Conflicts of Interest for Entire Justice Department Tenure
A Department of Justice official managed to serve in Trump’s administration without disclosing his financial entanglements publicly – and now, only after his departure, can we highlight his conflicts of interest.
October 02, 2025
Don’t Listen to Ezra Klein- Annul BigTech & Democrats' Marriage
While supporters of abundance tend to center it on discussions of housing, the Klein-Thompson brand of abundance has always included a healthy dose of techno-optimism.
September 26, 2025
The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) In The Trump Era
The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) is the largest public provider of power in the United States. It powers over 10 million people in Tennessee as well as Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, and Virginia.
September 17, 2025
Attrition in the Early Months of the Trump Administration
According to data released in July by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), March 2025 was, by a large margin, the single worst month for federal hiring since at least October 2004.
September 15, 2025
CNN Allows Sinema Skate Through Recent Tapper Segment
CNN and Jake Tapper invited former Senator Kyrsten Sinema on to discuss crypto and AI. He failed to disclose her conflicts of interest
September 04, 2025
CDC in Chaos: Director Fired, Top Leaders Resign in Protest
HHS fired CDC Director Susan Monarez after she refused to implement vaccine policy changes directed by HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
August 20, 2025
Oligarchs and the Trump Admin: John Wu
Since 2020, John Wu has served as president of the crypto company Ava Labs. On April 2, 2025, Ava Labs donated $1 million to MAGA Inc, President Trump’s Super PAC. According to the New York Times, the donation got Wu a spot at a fundraising event just two days later—a “candlelight dinner” featuring Trump as a guest speaker.