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Corporations
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Fast Food Giants Gorge on Subsidies
Thanks to a loophole that subsidizes CEO pay, McDonald's, Yum Brands, Wendy's, Burger King, Domino's, and Dunkin' Brands trimmed $64 million from their tax bills in 2011 and 2012.
An Open Letter to the 3.5%
The planet itself, to say nothing of the overwhelming majority of human beings, can no longer live with the killer that is global corporate capitalism in our midst.
Why JP Morgan Is JP Morgan
Which is to say, a basket case. Along with Citigroup, and Bank of America.
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Bhopal and the Case for a Corporate Crimes Tribunal
Just after midnight on December 3, 1984, a 40 ton cloud of poisonous gas enveloped the provincial capital of Bhopal in India.
The Googlization of the Far Right: Why Is Google Funding Grover Norquist, Heritage Action and ALEC?
Organizations that received u201csubstantialu201d funding from Google for the first time over the past year include Grover Norquist's Americans for Tax Reform, the Federalist Society, the American Conservative Union …
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The Right’s Misconstrued Constitution
The Supreme Court will rule on the right of a corporation owned by abortion opponents to assert its freedom of religion on health insurance, trumping a woman's choice of …
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Labor As Seen from Down Under: Fair Wages and Decent Benefits Profit Everyone
The idea that workers have to be beaten down at every turn just doesn't add up, as industrial experience Down Under shows every day of the year.
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Switzerland Shows US How to Handle CEOs
In Switzerland a petition from 100,000 people, or about 1.25 percent of the population, creates a public referendum. By this means, last March, Swiss voters created strict limits on …
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Black Thursday: Thanksgiving in the Consumer Wasteland
Dollars to doughnuts, the CEOs who are demanding their employees sacrifice their Thanksgiving celebrations with family are big “family values” guys.
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“They Call Us Illegal”: Fast-Food Workers Face Silent Raids
Is it a crime to work? Or is it a crime to pay workers less than S8.50 an hour for grueling work and short their wages or fire them …