Michael Hiltzik

Tesla’s sales are cratering, its stock is plummeting, and its most prominent product is a joke. Is it finally crashing to Earth?

Meta succeeded in preventing a tell-all author from promoting her book — but its action is the best advertisement for the book.

As a GOP Senator, Alan Simpson attacked Social Security with insults and lies. Why has Washington overlooked his record?

The stock market has plunged rapidly this year, but it was already looking overheated.

Suspicion is rising that Trump and his aides are manipulating stocks via tariff announcements. Is that even possible?

A small study of COVID vaccine injuries raises the question of whether it should even have been published

Kevin Drum, a pioneering blogger on public policy, passed away March 7 after a long battle with cancer

How a DOGE team ran roughshod through the Social Security Administration, gaining access to personal data and putting benefit payments in jeopardy.

Maine Gov. Janet Mills upbraided Trump over his transgender policies. Was his cancellation of a key Social Security policy in her state a retaliation?

Most actively managed stock funds kept up their record last year of trailing index funds by a wide margin.