Tag: Corporate America

"Our collective response to climate change is more urgent than ever, and it is clear that corporate action cannot be delayed."

A whopping 61 percent of Toledo’s voters said “yes” to recognizing legally enforceable rights for the natural world.

As long as this power remains in the hands of extremist ideologues, democracy and the rule of law are threatened, and corporations and monied interests will continue to get a free pass.

Many experts in nutrition and public health suggest that the food industry is copying tactics from tobacco companies. Corporations can now determine our health.

Even as these candidates vocally reject corporate America, their latest fundraising reports show corporate America hasn't rejected them.

The powerful corporate and government forces that minimize the less powerful must be challenged, even in the face of overwhelming odds.

“These two bills would force executives to responsibly manage their companies, knowing that if they cheat their customers or crash the economy, they could go to jail.”

“Corporate profits should be shared with the workers who actually create them.”

“Although the evidence that Roundup causes cancer is quite equivocal, there is strong evidence from which a jury could conclude that Monsanto does not particularly care whether its product is in fact giving people cancer..."

In this new Gilded Age, we need to respond to them as forcefully as we did the first time around. Warren’s ideas are a good start.