Tag: corporate power
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.
New report finds Tyson Foods dumped pollutants into US waterways for...
The wastewater analyzed consisted of pathogens and microorganisms and slaughterhouse byproducts, such as body parts of animals, feces and blood.
Green New Deal XXIII: Fixing our broken food system means ending...
We need to rethink how we grow our food in a biodiversity-friendly way that mitigates rather than accelerates the climate breakdown.
Who’s to blame for out-of-control corporate power?
The public is waking up to the outsized power corporations wield over our economy and democracy. It’s about time.
The little secret about corporate profits
The power of big corporations to raise their prices higher than their costs are rising.
What’s really driving inflation? Corporate power
This structural problem is amenable to only one thing: the aggressive use of antitrust law.
Six-month sentence for lawyer who took on Chevron denounced as ‘international...
Conviction of Steven Donziger "perfectly encapsulates how corporate power has twisted the U.S. justice system to protect corporate interests and punish their enemies."
Excessive corporate power breeds political repression
In the face of extractive industries’ enormous economic clout, Central Americans are facing increasing displacement and threats to their democratic rights.
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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.
The worse the chaos that results, the sooner the eventual revulsion and turnaround
A too gullible population let itself be bamboozled.
Tlaib, ACLU, and advocates warn H.R. 9495 could empower Trump to silence nonprofits and...
Progressives and civil rights groups sound the alarm over legislation that could allow President-elect Trump to strip nonprofits of their tax-exempt status without evidence, threatening free speech and democracy.
JD Vance hints at Elon Musk’s role in targeting Social Security under Trump’s ‘efficiency’...
Republican vice-presidential nominee J.D. Vance reveals Elon Musk could lead a commission to cut federal spending, with Social Security and the Department of Defense as potential targets. The billionaire’s past decision-making raises concerns about the future of essential programs.
The ultimate corporate corruption: Trump appoints Musk to oversee US regulations
Examining the implications of Musk’s appointment to lead Trump’s new department of Government Efficiency and what It means for American democracy.