Tag: Corporate America
How Uncle Sam can encourage corporations to be more patriotic
By using the power of the public purse, can we encourage federal contractors to be upstanding corporate citizens?
This company got a $10 million PPP loan, then closed its...
Many American businesses received millions in federal pandemic aid intended to protect workers, but exploited loopholes and rule changes to lay off those employees anyway.
How corporations pumped up CEO pay while their low-wage workers suffered...
More than half of the country’s 100 largest low-wage employers rigged pay rules in 2020 to give CEOs 29 percent average raises while their frontline employees made 2 percent less.
Why corporate America appears to be drifting away from the Republican...
Businesses are trying to make clear that their concerns are not partisan in nature.
The basic deal between corporate America and the GOP is alive...
The basic deal between American corporations and American politicians has been a terrible deal for America.
How corporations crush the working class
The resulting power imbalance has spawned near-record inequalities of income and wealth, corruption of democracy by big money, and the abandonment of the working class.
The sedition that nobody’s talking about
These CEOs and their corporations don’t actually care about protecting democracy. They care only about protecting their bottom line.
Sanders leads Senate demand for $1,200 stimulus checks over ‘get-out-of-jail free...
"Please join us in demanding that any new Covid relief proposal includes a $1,200 direct payment to adults and $500 to their children."
How big money corrupts our politics (and how to fix it)
Corporate money is dominating our democracy. So how do we get rid of it?
How big corporations are draining the life out of a sick...
If today's companies were truly offering a fair return to the taxpayers who built their businesses, they'd be doing a lot more to ensure that all Americans have the means to support their families.
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Fossil fuel tax could unlock $720 billion for climate crisis, new report finds
The Climate Damages Tax aims to rectify historical injustices and provide a tangible pathway towards a more sustainable and just world.
FTC challenges Big Pharma over unfair patents as Sanders applauds regulatory crackdown
The Federal Trade Commission intensifies its fight against pharmaceutical patent abuses, aiming to slash drug prices and increase access to generic medications.
New report finds Tyson Foods dumped pollutants into US waterways for years
The wastewater analyzed consisted of pathogens and microorganisms and slaughterhouse byproducts, such as body parts of animals, feces and blood.
EPA proposes ban on pesticide widely used on fruits and vegetables
In calling for an end to all uses of the pesticide on food, the agency cited evidence that acephate harms workers who apply the chemical as well as the general public and young children.
Bernie Sanders speaks out: Criticizing Israeli policy is not antisemitism
Amid national debate over Gaza protests, Senator Bernie Sanders challenges the narrative equating criticism of Israel with antisemitism, drawing on his personal history and widespread American discontent.