Tag: Corporate America
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.
Corporations that pay their executives more than Uncle Sam
Tesla, Ford, Netflix, and T-Mobile are among scores of profitable U.S. firms that pay their top executives more than they pay in federal taxes.
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Make corporate complicity unprofitable: Gen Z campaign launches boycott of companies tied to ICE
As Trump intensifies immigration crackdowns, a new boycott movement targets the corporations supplying ICE with infrastructure, technology, and access to consumers.
Democrats’ last major obstacle to defeating MAGA for good
If all Americans regardless of their political beliefs, racial backgrounds, and economic standing were required to serve together and learn from each other to achieve a goal as a cohesive unit, it could be what helps future generations heal from the division that’s plaguing our political system.
UNICEF warns child casualties are becoming catastrophic as evidence grows in Iran school bombing
More than 1,100 children have been killed or wounded across the Middle East since the United States and Israel launched war on Iran while investigations point to outdated intelligence behind the Minab school strike.
How accent discrimination reinforces America’s deepest divides
The American Southern accent reveals how linguistic prejudice reinforces classism, regionalism, and subconscious bias across generations.
Where’s the resistance to the Iran war?
A majority of Americans already oppose the war in Iran, but the bombs won’t stop until public opinion is converted into real pressure.