Tag: Corporate America
As corporations enjoy record-high profits, experts urge Congress to ‘rein them...
"Instead of raising interest rates and slowing the economy toward a recession, Congress and Biden should be taking aim at corporate price gouging."
New Warren bill would empower Feds to crack down on corporate...
"Corporations have price gouged consumers for extra profits—and gotten away with it—for too long."
Sanders says ‘no corporation that breaks the law should get a...
"No government—not the federal government, not the state government, and not the city government—should be handing out corporate welfare to union busters and labor law violators."
UN group wants to make sure corporate net-zero pledges aren’t just...
"But we also urgently need every business, investor, city, state and region to walk the talk on their net-zero promises.”
Corporations are suppressing wages—there’s an easy fix for that
Don’t believe the optimistic hype about wages “naturally” rising. About one-third of American workers are shockingly underpaid as a result of the federal government’s continued refusal to raise the minimum wage.
Robots are coming for white-collar jobs
This robotic automation of white-collar jobs is being imposed so suddenly, widely, and stealthily that losses will crush any gains.
How excessive CEO pay undermines enterprise effectiveness and efficiency in the...
Inequality within the enterprise, the evidence suggests, subverts all these elements of enterprise success.
It’s not just inflation—it’s price gouging
Corporations are quick to blame this new reality on the pandemic, but another major culprit is hiding in plain sight: their own profiteering.
Government contracting: The next big battleground for a more equal America?
Our tax dollars don’t have to be feeding executive-suite greed and grasping.
As executives hike prices, US corporations rake in biggest profits since...
"Corporations can get away with it because they have too much power in the economy."
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GOP-led states risk leaving 10 million children hungry by rejecting $1.14 billion summer food...
Twelve Republican-led states face a January 1 deadline to join the Summer EBT program, a lifeline for millions of hungry kids, as advocates urge governors to act amid rising food insecurity and economic challenges.
More than 120 House Democrats urge Biden to ratify Equal Rights Amendment as deadline...
Lawmakers push President Joe Biden to finalize a constitutional ban on sex discrimination while Republicans invoke past deadlines to stall progress.
Trump’s Cabinet picks aren’t just unqualified and inexperienced—they’re morally bankrupt
While every president has a right to select their own Cabinet appointees, the Senate also has the Constitutional authority to decide whether each nominee is fit to serve.
6 fracking Billionaires and climate denial groups behind Trump’s cabinet
Trump’s nominees are backed by major players in the world of climate obstruction – from Project 2025 and Koch network fixtures to oil-soaked Christian nationalists.
Endo’s end around: How one of the nation’s largest opioid makers escaped a $7...
Endo “came with a strategy purposely intended to reduce payments to opioid victims."