Corporations

The argument is that if the government can force you to buy one product, it can force you to buy any product - even broccoli.

Opportunity and wealth end up in the hands of a few where authority is held in the hands of a few, in other words, where democracy is missing.

If CCA chooses to convert itself into an REIT, then it will effectively be able to

Rescinding corporate personhood is the first step toward a larger vision of reclaiming and reinvigorating democracy around the world.

(Image: Jared Rodriguez / Truthout) Although the increasingly unrestrained marketplace that Teddy Roosevelt and Louis Brandeis warn of makes it hard for many companies to emphasize community …

(Image: Jared Rodriguez / Truthout) For some people, particularly the young and the old, the local mall or big-box retailer or superstore is an important part of …

(Image: Jared Rodriguez / Truthout) Arizona changed its law after 1886 so that the word person would include nonliving as well as living legal entities: “‘Person’ includes …

(Image: Jared Rodriguez / Truthout) Although we have much that we might change about our government and business, it’s clear that we also have a great and …

(Image: JR / Truthout) The people have got to know if their president is a crook,” U.S. President Richard Nixon told a national television audience on November …

(Image: JR / Truthout) In researching this book, I ran across an astonishing piece of writing from our nation’s early years. It’s a fitting prologue for this …