The American Prospect
Nothing Is Safe From Private Equity Rollups
Is antitrust enforcement equal to the challenge of defeating the most prevalent abuses?
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12mFox Solves Its ‘Death of Cable’ Problem by Buying the Modern Cable Box
A proposed merger with Roku gives Fox access to 100 million households, widespread advertising opportunities, and the ability to diminish rivals on a leading TV platform.
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20mCalifornia Town Lets Private ICE Detention Centers Police Themselves
McFarland police don’t respond to calls at detention centers, citing agreement with GEO Group. Crimes go uninvestigated, say attorneys and alleged sexual abuse victim.
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11mBlues for ActBlue
The assault on the Democrats’ main fundraising platform is a partisan hatchet job, but ActBlue itself is far from blameless.
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9mTrump’s Deportation Machine Taking Aim at Vulnerable Children
A series of recent legal decisions have stripped protections once afforded to unaccompanied immigrant child victims of abuse, neglect, and abandonment.
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8mTrump and Bernie Agree: Let’s Own AI!
One’s a narcissist, the other’s a socialist, but there’s room for all in this improbable coming together.