Tag: corporate greed
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."
Indigenous Peruvians protest mining pollution
In countries like Peru, extractive industries contract police to suppress Indigenous protesters and detain international observers — including me.
Sanders joins union leaders and healthcare workers in protesting ‘corporate greed’-fueled...
"People will get hurt, and they will die as a direct result of this one man's action."
A shiny new tool to pad profits: Stealing
One entire group being victimized by corporate thieves are the 4.3 million Americans who make up our “tipped workforce.”
Remembering the insider who blew the whistle on corporate greed
Graef Crystal proved that corporations won't police themselves. Maybe good policies can.
Forty plus years later & nothing changes
“It took me 13 years before I ever attempted to get a job with a corporation again.”
Revolution Is in the Air
“We will have to do this together. No one will do it for us. And as the numbers in the streets swell the corruption of our political system becomes ever more apparent.”
Leonardo DiCaprio: ‘Enough Is Enough’ Corporate Greed Must Stop
DiCaprio also announced that his foundation is pledging a new commitment of $15 million to environmental projects
‘We Are Writing the Rules,’ Says Obama. Who’s ‘We’?
President Obama is using a sales pitch to get the public and Congress to "swallow the glob of global corporate greed known as the Trans-Pacific Partnership." But why is he acting for these self-serving corporate powers?
A Perfect Portrait of Corporate Crime
Martin Winterkorn, VW’s disgraced CEO, was forced to resign after the auto maker's eco-friendly diesel cars actually polluted the air more than allowed by law. Finally, a CEO must pay the consequences for betraying consumers and the environment?
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143 million Americans may be exposed to toxic ‘forever chemicals’ in drinking water
Millions of Americans face exposure to toxic PFAS chemicals in drinking water, with new EPA data revealing the extent of contamination and fears of regulatory rollbacks under a Trump administration.
House passes bill granting Treasury power to shut down nonprofits without evidence, sparking free...
Legislation dubbed the “nonprofit killer” faces backlash over potential threats to free speech and civil liberties.
Sierra Club sounds alarm, nominee Lee Zeldin ‘unqualified’ to head EPA
“The best-case scenario is that the EPA will lose four years in the fight for the planet. The worst-case scenario should send a shudder down your spine.”
David Huitema confirmed as ethics Czar amid fears of Trump’s return and conflict of...
As Trump’s second term looms, the Senate confirmed David Huitema to lead the Office of Government Ethics. Advocates praise the move, but critics warn of a tough road ahead for government accountability.
Senate rejects Sanders’ push to halt US arms sales as weapons fuel 44,000 deaths...
The Senate overwhelmingly voted against the measures, leaving advocates of peace and human rights questioning U.S. complicity in the alleged war crimes unfolding in Gaza.