Tag: corporations are not people
Sander’s “Crazy” Ideas: Most of Which Other Developed Nations Have Already...
“This is a critical period in American history. It’s time for the people of this country to use their massive power to turn this country in these new directions.”
If I Were the American Dictator
“The overall composition of Congress is not going to change much at all after the election. So, really, the only way to reboot America is to have a smart, benevolent dictator.”
The GOP’s Pro-Corporate Prescription
Tax credits for working families are a better deal than corporate tax breaks.
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Thousands rally at Lincoln Memorial to defend voting rights
Civil rights leaders say this is the first march since the Supreme Court gutted a core Voting Rights Act protection.
Utah’s 1,300-bed homelessness “accountability center” tests Trump-era crackdown
Planned for 16 acres on the edge of Salt Lake City, Utah’s new homelessness campus would combine mass shelter, court-ordered treatment, and “work-conditioned housing.” Supporters call it a model of reform, while advocates warn it mirrors forced labor and internment.
Syracuse University Seeks to Prevent Campus Rape Victim From Obtaining Police Records
The university, whose 1980s rape crisis figured prominently in a ProPublica article, committed to support survivors at “every step of the process.” Now it’s in court to stop police from sharing many records with a student who was assaulted in 1987.
These Local Jails Were Supposed to Detain Immigrants for Only 72 Hours. One Woman...
Rebookings of immigrants into local jails are an effort to circumvent federal rules and regulations, legal experts say. Our nationwide analysis shows that in the past year, two Florida jails had unusually high numbers of rebookings.
Low-wage S&P 500 companies spent $718 billion on stock buybacks since 2019, report finds
The same 100 corporations pay their median workers 614 times less than their CEOs and lobbied for cuts to the food and health aid those workers rely on