Corporations

Amazon's Jeff Bezos

The Rich Are Still Getting Richer The Rich Are Still Getting Richer

Inequality is the economic great wall between those with power and those without it.

Feb 26, 2019 / Nomi Prins

Amazon HQ2 Protest

The Amazon Deal Was Not Brought Down by a Handful of Politicians The Amazon Deal Was Not Brought Down by a Handful of Politicians

It was felled by a robust grassroots coalition.

Feb 25, 2019 / Jimmy Tobias

DNC HQ

Democratic Consultants Should Stop Working for Corporate Clients Democratic Consultants Should Stop Working for Corporate Clients

The Democratic Party’s top talent is working to undermine the party’s progressive agenda.

Feb 22, 2019 / Rebecca Kirszner Katz

Elizabeth Warren Is Not Afraid of the Democrats

Elizabeth Warren Is Not Afraid of the Democrats Elizabeth Warren Is Not Afraid of the Democrats

The 2020 presidential candidate has a long track record of opposing lobbyists, billionaires, the Republicans—and her own party.

Feb 21, 2019 / Feature / George Zornick

Abandoned newspaper vending machines, Covina, California, 2011.

Are We Witnessing the End of News? Are We Witnessing the End of News?

If you think the media are in trouble now, just wait till there’s a recession.

Feb 20, 2019 / Column / Eric Alterman

Protest

Amazon’s Defeat Is Local and Global Amazon’s Defeat Is Local and Global

By tying their fight against Amazon to bigger structural problems, activists in Queens showed us a way forward for transnational anti-corporate politics.

Feb 17, 2019 / Jamie Merchant

Denver Post protests

Got Local News? Not if the Vultures at Alden Capital Grab Gannett Got Local News? Not if the Vultures at Alden Capital Grab Gannett

“Journalism will only die if we choose not to fight for it,” says Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

Feb 8, 2019 / Julie Reynolds

Howard Schultz Tests His Centrist Messaging

Howard Schultz Tests His Centrist Messaging Howard Schultz Tests His Centrist Messaging

ignore this…

Feb 7, 2019 / Peter Kuper

How Corporate Monopolies Are Dragging Down Your Paycheck

How Corporate Monopolies Are Dragging Down Your Paycheck How Corporate Monopolies Are Dragging Down Your Paycheck

If T-Mobile and Sprint merge, it could drive down wages for retail workers by thousands of dollars a year.

Feb 6, 2019 / Michelle Chen

Foxconn Madison Agreement

Will Foxconn Steal Wisconsin’s Intellectual Property? Will Foxconn Steal Wisconsin’s Intellectual Property?

Fuzzy contracts and poor transparency could let the company exploit researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

Feb 5, 2019 / Nick Bowlin

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