Skateboarding was a rebellious counterculture; now, private equity is turning it into just another corporate grift. From David Dayen: trib.al/zEnlpXH

In Going Private, our newsletter about private markets, we look at newfangled ways private equity is wringing cash out of hard-to-sell assets bloomberg.com/news/newslette…

Documents obtained by The American Prospect show EPA managers trying to require prior approval for union-protected organizing activities—on non-duty time. Telling workers what they can do when they're off the clock is "100% union busting," reports James Baratta: prospect.org/labor/2025-08-…

Rounding out our week-before-Labor-Day Labor Day coverage, here's Harold Meyerson on the awful 5th Circuit ruling that the NLRB is unconstitutional: prospect.org/justice/2025-0…

Israel has killed at least 20 people, including several journalists, in a double strike on Nasser Medical Complex, the largest health facility in southern Gaza, according to the health ministry in the Palestinian enclave. on.ft.com/4oSXFqi

Trump is canceling a wind energy project that's 80% complete while electricity prices spike, flushing potentially billions in investment down the toilet for no reason. The stupidity of this action is glaring, Ryan Cooper writes: prospect.org/environment/20…

After ending all but one of their collective-bargaining agreements, the EPA went a step further by requiring that all workers receive prior approval for any union activity—even on non-duty time. From James Baratta: trib.al/3cPTgjo

Pres. Trump moved to fire Federal Reserve Board Governor Lisa Cook, though she has not been charged with any crime. It comes as he pressures the Fed to lower interest rates. Rachel Scott reports. abcnews.link/82xdOyv

BREAKING: Trump has fired Robert Primus, a board member of the regulator overseeing the proposed $71 billion Norfolk Southern-Union Pacific rail merger, WSJ reports. Primus was the only board member to oppose the merger of Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern in 2023.

Bill Pulte is extremely concerned about mortgage fraud and also wants crypto to be used as collateral in mortgage underwriting, which is sure to generate a whole bunch of mortgage fraud. He also owned a bunch of crypto as of January. From James Baratta: prospect.org/economy/2025-0…

“It seemed to be based on some Tweets.” The FHFA’s decision to include cryptocurrency as an asset on mortgage applications would weaken mortgage underwriting standards and allow for high-risk loans reminiscent of the Great Recession. From James Baratta: trib.al/YkgRm0w

The new Texas congressional maps are predicated on a continued Republican shift from Latino voters who have soured on Republicans, and didn't turn out for Republicans even last year, when they turned out for Trump. I don't think this is all that likely. prospect.org/politics/2025-…

The Trump administration has fired at least seven Environmental Protection Agency employees for signing a letter nearly two months ago criticizing the agency’s leadership, according to union officials. wapo.st/4mCSx82