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Google and Android in the Firing Line as European Union Pulls Trigger on Competition Inquiry
The technology industry and associated markets have unique characteristics.
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Pushing Left: A 16-Priority Agenda for the 2016 US Presidential Election
Here's what sociologist Salvatore Babones suggests 2016 presidential contenders campaign about.
Tobacco Industry Rallies Against Illicit Trade, but Have We Forgotten Its Complicity?
Complicity is suspected when companies export billions of cigarettes to countries that do not have a demand for such large volumes.
Should McDonald’s and Monsanto Have the Same Rights as People? A Debate on Corporate Personhood
A debate on the movement to draft a Constitutional amendment.
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Lessons From Norway in Getting Women Onto Corporate Boards
Norway has one of the best records with women holding 35.5% of the seats on Norwegian stock index companies.
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Refinery Strike Is Not Just About Safety – It’s About Pollution
The ongoing refinery strike is about making refineries safer for workers, but also neighbors exposed to pollution.
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Greed, Fear and Other Roadblocks to Health Care Reform
These barriers to reform can and are being exploited by those with a financial or ideological interest in maintaining the status quo.
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Fast-Track Treason and the Coming Corporate Coup
The Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement usurps federal, state and local authority, and functions as a global corporate coup.
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Control the Corporations Before They Completely Control Us
Powerful multinational corporations are a great danger to democracy and to most people. Regulation of corporations should be consolidated into one agency with stronger regulation, enforcement of antitrust laws …
“Carceral Conglomerate” Makes Millions From Incarcerated, Their Friends and Families
Dallas-based Securus Technologies has become a carceral conglomerate, with phone service, video visitation and electronic monitoring.