Tag: executive compensation
As Americans live paycheck to paycheck, Tesla shareholders approve Musk’s $1...
As the nation endures record inequality and a prolonged government shutdown, Tesla shareholders have granted CEO Elon Musk a pay deal that could make him the world’s first trillionaire, prompting fierce backlash from lawmakers, labor unions, and progressive groups.
Sanders blasts Tesla’s $1 trillion payday for Elon Musk
A shareholder proposal to grant Musk unprecedented wealth comes as inequality widens, taxes on corporations shrink, and workers face mounting economic strain.
Trump tax cuts helped health giants dodge billions while patients faced...
New report finds seven major healthcare corporations avoided over $34 billion in taxes since 2017 while boosting buybacks, dividends, and executive pay as claim denials and patient safety issues escalated.
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Bipartisan bill introduced in House to ban use of pesticide paraquat in US agriculture
The bill would "direct the Environmental Protection Agency to cancel all existing paraquat registrations, revoke any tolerances permitting paraquat residue in food, and ban the sale and use of existing stocks upon enactment."
Losing face, losing the base, losing the midterm race—a tidal trifecta
Though daring MAGA lies seem tidal,/ Denying outcomes suicidal.
Why Biden’s debate disaster two years ago matters for the future
Looking ahead, a great need will be to overcome the ongoing culture of conformity that so badly damaged the Democratic Party in 2024 and helped Trump get back into the White House.
Anti-ICE protesters sentenced to decades as Trump turns ‘antifa’ label into prosecution tool
The Prairieland case transformed a July 4 protest outside a Texas immigration jail into a terrorism prosecution, with sentences from 30 to 100 years and warnings of a new federal playbook against left-wing dissent.
Alaska governor vetoes single-use polystyrene foam foodware ban
For now, polystyrene products will remain legal for use by commercial food vendors statewide.