Friday, September 25, 2026

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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The Charles R. Huntley Generating Station in Tonawanda, New York. Photo: Andre Carrotflower / CC BY-SA 4.0

EPA finalizes repeal of power plant carbon standards as environmental groups sue

The sector accounts for nearly one-quarter of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions, and the agency separately proposed ending its authority to regulate them.
The Lyndon Baines Johnson Department of Education Building in Washington, D.C. Photo: Farragutful / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Democratic attorneys general say Education Department is hiding 1,300 documents on its layoffs

A privilege log lists nearly 1,300 records the agency says are too sensitive to hand over.
The lobby of the Palmer House Hilton in Chicago. Photo: Daderot (public domain)

7,000 Chicago hotel workers vote to authorize strike

A union survey found a third of members cannot cover rent or mortgage payments, and the last hotel strike in the city, in 2018, lasted about a month.
A patient exam room at a U.S. urgent care clinic. Photo: Harrison Keely / CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Vance-led task force moves to strip 760,000 people of ACA coverage

Advocates say the crackdown follows 8 million coverage losses already tied to Trump-era health cuts.
Demonstrators protest ICE conduct in Minneapolis. Photo: Fibonacci Blue / CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Federal judge blocks deportation of man shot by ICE during Austin delivery run

DHS and the man's attorney give conflicting accounts of the medical care he has received since.