By Over the past four decades, private equity has become a powerful, and malignant, force in our daily lives. In our May+June 2022 issue, Mother Jones investigates the vulture capitalists chewing up and spitting out American businesses, the politicians enabling them, and the everyday people fighting back.
The Smash-and-Grab Economy
Private equity billionaires are looting the country, leaving everyday Americans to clean up the mess—and fight for the scraps.
Real Estate Predators Tried to Cash In on the Pandemic. Then Tenants Fought Back.
Everything Everywhere All at Once: How Private Equity Rules Your World
Biden and Trump Both Trashed Private Equity’s Favorite Tax Dodge. Surprise! It’s Still Here.
Congress’ Biggest Private Equity Investors
An Iowa Powerbroker Plans to Make a Windfall From Piping Ethanol Emissions
The Fight to Keep Their “Poor People’s Paradise” out of Private Equity’s Hands
Two Behemoths Control the Motorized Wheelchair Industry. Disabled Customers Pay the Price.
My Newspaper Was Gutted by Journalism’s Biggest Bogeyman
I Started a Facebook Group for People Cut by PetSmart During Covid. It Didn’t End Well.
I Work at a Furniture Store That Went to Hell Once Bain Capital Bought It
A US Government Loophole Is Helping Putin’s Cronies Hide Their Cash
It Was Hard Enough to Get Treatment for Eating Disorders. Then Private Equity Took Over.
Elizabeth Warren’s Long, Thankless Fight Against Our Private Equity Overlords
Leon Black’s No Good, Very Bad Year
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