Over a third of 'buy now, pay later' purchases are now groceries.
The use of BNPL services is surging, and people are using it for daily essentials.
Women are 68% more likely to use BNPL services, and among young people the use of these sketchy lending services is rampant, with half of Gen-Z using it for big purchases and 35% using it for their basic needs.
Host: Nikita Redkar
Producer: Victoria Hammett
Supervising producer: Court Fuller
JP Morgan and Deutsche Bank’s connection to Epstein is even more damning than we thought. But you wouldn’t know it because CBS never aired Senator Ron Wyden’s interview detailing the extent of the banks’ shady dealings.
We dug into it and found that the very banks implicated wield tremendous influence over CBS, and the proposed Paramount-Skydance merger.
Billionaires are turning NFL stadiums into gated communities, catering to the ultra-rich.
We talked to lifelong Cleveland Browns fans priced out of their new stadium.
To get tickets, fans need to buy Personal Seat Licenses, which could cost $500 to $200,000 per seat.
Host: Dan Moore
Producer: Jake Cimperman
Video Editor: Ben Johnson
Videographers
Carl Kriss
Zhenya Townley
Kat O’Toole
Motion Designer: Gerald Lane
Video Production Manager: Isabel Atalaya
Video Production Coordinator: Jodi Clemens
Video Production Fellow: Astrid Dong
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More Perfect Union is an Emmy-winning, nonprofit newsroom whose mission is to build power for working people. Here’s what that means: We report on the real struggles and challenges of the working class from a working-class perspective. We attempt to connect those problems to potential solutions. We report on the abuses and wrongdoing of corporate power. And we seek to hold accountable the ultra-rich who have too much power over America’s political and economic systems.
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While Americans drown in $2 trillion of student loan debt, private lenders are charging up to 18% interest on their loans and making hundreds of thousands of dollars on just one loan.
Sallie Mae and SoFi are reporting record numbers right now, as borrowers suffer.
More Perfect University is hosting town halls across Michigan to hear from students facing America’s cost of living crisis and today we’re at Michigan State University with Abdul El-Sayed. Students will share their stories and ask questions about how we can fight back against the billionaires driving up the price of everything.
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More Perfect Union is an Emmy-winning, nonprofit newsroom whose mission is to build power for working people. Here’s what that means: We report on the real struggles and challenges of the working class from a working-class perspective. We attempt to connect those problems to potential solutions. We report on the abuses and wrongdoing of corporate power. And we seek to hold accountable the ultra-rich who have too much power over America’s political and economic systems.
To support our independent journalism, subscribe, donate, and follow our other pages through the links below:
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The biggest welfare scam in the country is run by a consulting giant.
Deloitte has made over $6 billion running error-prone eligibility systems that make it harder for Americans to get the healthcare and food aid they rely on.
We investigated the big business of welfare.
Producer: Paul Blest
Host: Dan Lieberman
Editor: Sydney Guthrie
Videographers: Brent Walker, Peter Lyngso, Zhenya Townley, Timothy Wolfer, Brett Roberts
Video Production Manager: Isabel Atalaya
Video Production Coordinator: Jodi Clemens
Video Production Fellow: Astrid Dong
Video Editing Fellow: Daria Nastasia
Additional Research: David Moore and Donny Shaw, Sludge
Supervising Producer: Brady Welch
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More Perfect Union is an Emmy-winning, nonprofit newsroom whose mission is to build power for working people. Here’s what that means: We report on the real struggles and challenges of the working class from a working-class perspective. We attempt to connect those problems to potential solutions. We report on the abuses and wrongdoing of corporate power. And we seek to hold accountable the ultra-rich who have too much power over America’s political and economic systems.
To support our independent journalism, subscribe, donate, and follow our other pages through the links below:
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AI's climate impact is worse that previously estimated. From data centers to the fossil fuel industry to numerous other industries, AI is accelerating emissions.
And the Trump administration is making is worse, exempting some data centers from climate regulations.
The people who live closest to data centers and their polluting turbines are sounding the alarm about serious health concerns as a result of all this pollution.
Producer: Michael Mezz
Coordinating Producer: Victoria Hammett
Elon Musk just took over 130,000 acres of public land in Louisiana.
After secret deliberations conducted behind the cover of NDAs, Governor Landry just handed SpaceX a beautiful parcel of land, a $27.5 billion tax break, and legal immunity.
Locals say the 30 rockets a day the site will launch will devastate the pristine coast, while the richest man in the world reaps the profits.
We took Ro Khanna to Pennsylvania to talk to workers about AI, and how it could kill their jobs.
The Silicon Valley lawmaker’s district is getting rich off AI.
We sat him down with workers who share the fear of millions of Americans — that AI could take everything.
Producer and Editor - Josh Hirschfeld-Kroen
Producer and Reporter - John Russell
Supervising Producer - Meg Herschlein
Video Production Manager - Isabel Atalaya
Video Production Coordinator - Jodi Clemens
Video Production Fellow - Astrid Dong
Videographers - Derek Knowles, Marcus Rivera, Thien Dinh, Ian McKenna, Mike Wynn
Audio Technician - Prudence Katze
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More Perfect Union is an Emmy-winning, nonprofit newsroom whose mission is to build power for working people. Here’s what that means: We report on the real struggles and challenges of the working class from a working-class perspective. We attempt to connect those problems to potential solutions. We report on the abuses and wrongdoing of corporate power. And we seek to hold accountable the ultra-rich who have too much power over America’s political and economic systems.
To support our independent journalism, subscribe, donate, and follow our other pages through the links below:
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Zohran has announced a one-year moratorium on AI in NYC’s public schools, for students in 2K through 8th grade. The policy pushes back against the Big Tech companies seeking to ram through AI products into classrooms, despite the research showing it makes students worse off.
Crypto companies have already spent $200 million to rig the midterms.
If they get their way, crypto scammers will keep ripping off Americans and endangering your life savings.
It’s a giant wealth transfer machine, and the Trump family is making billions off it.
Producer - Trevor Hayes
Editor & Motion Designer - Addison Post
Supervising Producer - Chai Dingari
Video Production Manager - Isabel Atalaya
Video Production Coordinator - Jodi Clemens
Video Production Fellow - Astrid Dong
Videographers - Tim Wolf, Evan Carter, LeDawn Manuel
Additional Reporting - Ben McKenzie
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More Perfect Union is an Emmy-winning, nonprofit newsroom whose mission is to build power for working people. Here’s what that means: We report on the real struggles and challenges of the working class from a working-class perspective. We attempt to connect those problems to potential solutions. We report on the abuses and wrongdoing of corporate power. And we seek to hold accountable the ultra-rich who have too much power over America’s political and economic systems.
To support our independent journalism, subscribe, donate, and follow our other pages through the links below:
- Help fund our reporting: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/mpu-splash
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Bernie Sanders joined young people for a real conversation about why some of their peers are turning to AI for companionship, and how the technology is changing their relationships.
We sat Bernie Sanders down with them for a messy debate that isn’t happening in the public right now.
If we’re going to live with AI and push for a future that benefits working people, we need more conversations like this one.
Producers: Aidan Walker, Elise Joshi, Chai Dingari
Video Editor: Anthony Mascorro
Motion Designer: Gerald Lane
Casting Producer: Brooke Shuman
Director: Tim Wolfer
Line Producers:
Katie Skinner
Max Gregor
Videographers:
Aisha Soofi
Nathan Taylor
Justin Feltman
Mark Comberiate
Matthew Vargas
Sound:
Jim Choi
Matt Ritt
Gabby Sturgeon
Technical Crew:
Colin McGee
Robert Weaver
Aaron Ballew
Josh Bilbaum
JC Veve
Video Production Manager: Isabel Atalaya
Video Production Coordinator: Jodi Clemens
Assistant Director: Astrid Dong
Production Assistants:
Jonah Bravo
Daria Nastasia
Jazmyn Dangler
Thank You:
Kelvin Redmond, George Washington University
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More Perfect Union is an Emmy-winning, nonprofit newsroom whose mission is to build power for working people. Here’s what that means: We report on the real struggles and challenges of the working class from a working-class perspective. We attempt to connect those problems to potential solutions. We report on the abuses and wrongdoing of corporate power. And we seek to hold accountable the ultra-rich who have too much power over America’s political and economic systems.
To support our independent journalism, subscribe, donate, and follow our other pages through the links below:
- Help fund our reporting: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/mpu-splash
- Substack: https://substack.perfectunion.us/
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