Thursday, February 5, 2026

Tag: corporate power

Make corporate complicity unprofitable: Gen Z campaign launches boycott of companies...

As Trump intensifies immigration crackdowns, a new boycott movement targets the corporations supplying ICE with infrastructure, technology, and access to consumers.

Victims without victimizers

But what about the preventable ones? Shouldn’t the United States provide for the basic needs of its people?

Questioning the corporation

From trading posts to tech empires, corporations continue to grow in strength. Without reform, their power may soon eclipse public control entirely.

‘Financial insecurity runs deep’: Americans blame Trump economy for rising hardship

New polling and data reveal deepening financial strain across the U.S. under Trump’s second term, with many blaming corporate power, deregulation, and GOP-backed policies for rising prices and declining economic security.

Trump labels Tesla dealership attacks as domestic terrorism amid Musk controversy

Trump escalates his support for Elon Musk by declaring attacks on Tesla dealerships as domestic terrorism, raising concerns over government overreach and the criminalization of political dissent.

Amazon quietly rescinds pledges to protect Black and LGBTQ rights amid...

Major corporations quietly abandon equity commitments as political pressures rise, sparking concerns for marginalized communities.

A global minimum wage would reduce poverty and corporate power

The world’s vast economic inequality “is no accident,” concluded a top Oxfam official.

Trump’s chief of staff pick worked as a tobacco lobbyist during...

Susie Wiles, a central figure in Trump’s 2024 campaign, also worked as a registered lobbyist for Swisher International, a major tobacco company, as recently as this year.

World-ending maneuvers?

The influence of such special interest groups and corporate weapons-makers over life-and-death issues should be considered both a moral outrage and perhaps the ultimate security risk.

Will the Golden Age for corporate shareholders ever end?

Shareholders have assumed enormous influence over U.S. corporations over the last few decades. Despite their firm hold, shifts are underway that could alter the domestic corporate landscape.

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Judge blocks Noem effort to bar surprise ICE jail inspections as detention deaths mount

A federal judge halted the DHS secretary’s renewed effort to block surprise inspections as deaths, overcrowding, and abuse allegations inside immigration detention facilities continue to rise.

The digital media oligarchy: Who owns online news? 

Even Bagdikian’s later editions, written at the dawn of the internet, could not fully anticipate how profoundly digital technology would reconfigure the media oligarchy.

Trump ramps up denaturalization push with 2026 quota targeting naturalized citizens

Internal USCIS guidance reportedly calls for 100 to 200 denaturalization referrals per month, signaling a sharp escalation that experts say collides with legal limits and historical practice.

DHS warehouse jail plan signals historic expansion of immigration detention

Documents and reporting reveal a sweeping plan to convert warehouses and deploy military contracting to rapidly expand immigration jails across the United States.

New analysis warns Trump offshore drilling plan could trigger thousands of oil spills

Conservationists say increased drilling could threaten already endangered marine species with extinction.