For Laid-off Workers, Trump’s Lies About Trade and Jobs Are Hard to Swallow
We need a fresh approach to trade that lifts up workers everywhere — not the CEOs who pit workers and communities against each other for their own personal gain.
Corporate Power
A New Nonviolent Medicaid Army Is on the March
Led by the poor and dispossessed, this movement is bringing the demand for healthcare rights to corporate profiteers, state houses, prisons, and police stations.
When Trump Said He’d Make Corporations Bring Back Jobs, He Was Lying to Me and Other Heartland Workers
The president is bragging about his trade and jobs record in the Midwest. So why didn’t he lift a finger when GM shut down my factory?
FinCen Files Shine Spotlight on Suspicious Bank Transfers
The reporters behind the Panama Papers and the Paradise Papers have more to share. We should pay attention.
When Police Repression is Not Enough: A U.S. Corporation is Suing Guatemala to Crush Local Mining Opposition
In the face of resistance from poor and Indigenous communities, global mining companies are increasingly turning to international arbitration to strong-arm governments into bending to their interests.
Remembering Ike, Our Unexpected Egalitarian
Former president Dwight Eisenhower deserves his new memorial. We deserve the greater economic equality he worked to help achieve.
Why Don’t People Call You a Genius? You Don’t Have a Billion Dollars.
The latest Forbes 400 can help us see why you don’t need a great intellect to become insanely wealthy.
Corporations That Have Paid More Than $13 Billion in Penalties for Misdeeds Have Received Covid Bailouts
Excluding companies with a history of criminal misconduct from future aid programs would protect taxpayer funds and serve as a deterrent against future corporate criminality.
In Coronavirus, Wall Street Senses an Opportunity to Privatize Our Schools
School districts facing budget crises are vulnerable to financial vultures seeking to profit off public institutions.