Politics

By: Nick Schaefer Our Goods users understand how purchases turn into corporate contributions, but awareness of how corporate money affects politics is only one part of being civically engaged. While Goods users vote with their wallet year-round, it remains critically...

Lede – The Dow Jones has replaced 1/10th of the companies in its index. Context – The Dow Jones is one of the most famous and visible measures of the stock market. Like all indices, it’s a statistical measure of...

Lede - An NBA strike turned into a historic, multi-sport protest last Wednesday. Context - The strike cum protest was in response to the shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, WI, the latest in a string of police shootings of...

The Postmaster General faced his second Congressional hearing Monday, after the firestorm of coverage that engulfed the USPS last week. Here’s what you need to know about the mail:

the 2 previous vacancies have gone unfulfilled since 2017 and 2018, respectively. Also, there’s the small matter of the Trump campaign having just been accused of campaign finance fraud to the tune of $170 million

If it feels like elections do not matter as much as they used to, you are not alone. While we hear about the president every day, it can be difficult to know what our congressmen and senators are up to....

Since we spend so much time on data about who companies donate to, the team at Goods Unite Us thought it could be helpful to isolate which companies donate the most. The lists below answer the question “Who spends the...

Our friends over at Changeroots just released their new political app focused on rooting out the toxic partisanship in this country. And it’s a doozy!  So why is toxic partisanship so terrible?  Changeroots’ CEO Jake Sandler notes four reason in...

The Bloomberg campaign has been making headlines all month, first for its bold late-entry strategy, and then for the candidate’s rough showing in the Nevada debate. But one thing all the buzz around Bloomberg 2020 shares is awe over the...

Goods Unite Us is going to the movies . . . and just in time for The Oscars this Sunday! It may not be as obvious as when you buy a car or eat out at a restaurant. But when...