Tag: Corporate America
How about a general strike against Dollar General?
The brutal Dollar General approach to managing retail has paid off handsomely—for Dollar General investors and execs.
Median pay of top US CEOs jumped to record $22.3 million...
Analysis has shown companies have used inflation as an excuse to unnecessarily raise prices and have pocketed the increased profits.
‘Illegal corporate price-fixing’ is rampant in US economy: Report
"Oligopolies are not just a cause of inflation. They exacerbate social and economic inequality, and thus weaken democracy."
Imagine a world where CEOs get paid $3 million a year
Being a well-paid CEO means something very different today than it did fifty years ago.
This one thing would increase wages by $300 billion
Non-compete agreements block workers from seeing higher wages or better working conditions. And they enlarge corporate monopoly power by stifling competition.
Capitalism’s Conclusion, Part I: What the Ohio train derailment exposed
The recent derailment of trains in East Palestine isn’t just a once-in-a-generation environmental disaster, it's what will continue to happen when profit is put above public health.
The truth about corporate subsidies
Large American corporations shouldn’t need government subsidies to do what’s right for America.
The little secret about corporate profits
The power of big corporations to raise their prices higher than their costs are rising.
Before COB on the first workday of 2023, CEOs will make...
In less than seven hours on the first workday of the New Year, a typical CEO will have made as much as the average U.S. worker will make all year.
The monsters of American capitalism
Three of its prime exemplars: Trump, Bankman-Fried's, and Musk!
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Popular sugar substitute erythritol damages blood-brain barrier, elevating stroke risk
A new study shows how erythritol, a zero-calorie sugar alternative, directly damages human cells that comprise the blood-brain barrier.
House progressives demand answers over alleged abuse in US-Ecuador military operation
Lawmakers are demanding the Pentagon explain the legal basis for joint US-Ecuador operations after reports alleged civilian sites were bombed and detainees were tortured.
From ICE to Iran, veterans are challenging US militarism
Antiwar veterans are leveraging their unique credibility to oppose the war in Iran, stop ICE and support active duty resisters.
Amazon deforestation falls to eight-year low as scientists warn gains remain fragile
Researchers credit stronger enforcement and environmental protections in Brazil while warning that fires, illegal logging, and political threats continue to endanger the rainforest.
The fuel to my revolutionary optimism
As distant as it may seem, I am only two generations removed from the 1948 Catastrophe of Palestine, where over 750,000 Palestinians were displaced from their land, and thousands were massacred.