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Corporations
Here’s What Workers of the Global South Endure to Create Corporate Wealth
The cheaper the wages of the workers in the Global South, the greater the gross profit margins of corporations.
Police Halt Activist-Led “Toxic Tour” of Corporate Polluters Sponsoring COP25
Spanish President Pedro Sánchez offered corporations a 90 percent tax break on a $2 million sponsorship.
From Health Insurance Spin Doctor to Truth Teller
What happens when a health insurance PR executive confronts the consequences of his spin?
Big Energy Front Group Launches Push for Troubled Atlantic Coast Pipeline
Consumer Energy Alliance members include major gas companies as well as Dominion Energy, the pipeline's lead partner.
Chemical Companies Are Building Their Plants Overseas and Shipping Them Back In
Louisiana attracts chemical companies with one of the country’s most generous tax exemptions.
Alternative Climate Summit Honors Victims of Corporate Crimes
Activists have converged on Madrid for COP25 and are hosting an alternative summit of their own.
Why Are Some of the World’s Biggest Polluters Sponsoring UN Climate Summit?
A group of climate activists walked out of a panel at the UN climate summit to protest the presence of oil companies.
Sanders Wants to Give Workers Corporate Board Seats and Reverse Trump Tax Cuts
The Sanders campaign estimated the proposal would raise $3 trillion in revenue over ten years.
Sanders Unveils Plan to Get Corporate Money Out of Politics
The proposal is an indication that Sanders's vision for American democracy goes far beyond “structural reforms.”
Trump’s Deregulatory Agenda Has Been Driven by Corporations
Even corporations that are pushing back against Trump's deregulations are doing it to protect their bottom lines.