Friday, May 16, 2025

Tag: Corporate America

Sick and unsafe: Trump attacks on workers’ rights is an attack...

This power shift hasn't just changed paychecks—it has fundamentally altered the physical and mental health landscape for millions of Americans.

Let us all not praise infamous men

Five years after his death, the legacy of America’s most celebrated 20th-century CEO lives on.

Kill the ‘nonprofit killer’ bill

HR 9495 is not only a danger to civil society’s right to speech—it is a serious escalation in favor of corporations.

Elizabeth Warren’s Accountable Capitalism Act: A push for corporate accountability and...

Senator Elizabeth Warren introduced the Accountable Capitalism Act this week, aiming to shift corporate priorities from shareholder profits to equitable treatment of workers and other stakeholders.

Courts block Kroger-Albertsons merger in landmark victory for consumers, workers, and...

Courts deliver a landmark victory for consumers, workers, and farmers by halting the $25 billion Kroger-Albertsons merger amid concerns over price hikes and corporate consolidation.

Billionaire wealth surges by $276 billion post-Trump election as GOP pushes...

U.S. billionaires amass $276 billion in post-election wealth surge as GOP pushes for $2.7 trillion estate tax repeal favoring the ultra-wealthy.

Low-wage corporations spend over half a trillion on stock buybacks while...

A new report reveals that the largest U.S. corporations, notorious for paying poverty-level wages, have spent more than $522 billion on stock buybacks since 2019. This practice enriches wealthy executives and shareholders while leaving workers behind.

Biden administration’s ‘Time Is Money’ initiative: A comprehensive crackdown on corporate...

This initiative is part of a broader effort by the administration to hold corporations accountable and protect consumers from unfair business practices.

Capitalism’s unequal distribution deprives you of true freedom

Conflicts over income, wealth distribution, and wealth redistribution are thus intrinsic to capitalism and always have been.

Boeing is everything wrong with American capitalism

Boeing’s descent is a case study in how American capitalism has become so rotten. Robert Reich explains.

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The MAGA Movement is Jonestown writ large

The reversion to primitivism bears a striking resemblance to the rise of the MAGA movement.

Trump EPA rolls back protections from toxic forever chemicals in drinking water

Amid pressure from chemical and utility industries, the Trump administration weakens key PFAS drinking water regulations—exposing millions to cancer-linked toxins.

GOP tax cuts for the rich advance as Republicans push record-breaking Medicaid and SNAP...

As House Republicans approve tax breaks for the wealthy, they simultaneously move to gut Medicaid and food assistance, rejecting all amendments to protect vulnerable Americans.

Why the right really hates the Postal Service

It’s not about USPS’s efficiency or viability. It’s about equity and collective good, values that are anathema to predatory capitalism.

The Trump effect on elections globally

But with the recent election results in Canada and Australia, it’s possible to see the limits of Trump’s influence and the signs of a swing back to some semblance of normalcy.