Corporations

52 Women Are Shot to Death by Their Husbands and Boyfriends Every Month in the US

52 Women Are Shot to Death by Their Husbands and Boyfriends Every Month in the US 52 Women Are Shot to Death by Their Husbands and Boyfriends Every Month in the US

That is unacceptable.

Mar 28, 2016 / Brave New Films

Trump University

Documents Show Just How Suckered Students of the Trump Institute Felt Documents Show Just How Suckered Students of the Trump Institute Felt

Former students of Trump schools vent their rage and disbelief in newly revealed letters of complaint compiled by the Texas attorney general.

Mar 28, 2016 / Spencer Woodman

Big Coal Is Bankrupt. Who Will Pay to Clean Up Its Mess?

Big Coal Is Bankrupt. Who Will Pay to Clean Up Its Mess? Big Coal Is Bankrupt. Who Will Pay to Clean Up Its Mess?

Regulators treated the coal industry like it was “too big to fail.” Now taxpayers and the environment may pay the price.

Mar 22, 2016 / Zoë Carpenter

Congressional Progessive Caucus

This Congressional Progressive Caucus Budget Shows That Bold, Progressive Ideas Are Feasible and Sensible This Congressional Progressive Caucus Budget Shows That Bold, Progressive Ideas Are Feasible and Sensible

The remarkable CPC People’s Budget is an urgent call for the kinds of bigger, bolder reforms that can make our lives better. 

Mar 22, 2016 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

A Terrible Beauty: Remembering Ireland’s 1916 Easter Rebellion

A Terrible Beauty: Remembering Ireland’s 1916 Easter Rebellion A Terrible Beauty: Remembering Ireland’s 1916 Easter Rebellion

Ireland was a laboratory for every manner of colonial repression by the British; 100 years after the Easter Rising, it is once again—this time by banks.

Mar 21, 2016 / Conn Hallinan

The Untold Story of the Texaco Oil Tycoon Who Loved Fascism

The Untold Story of the Texaco Oil Tycoon Who Loved Fascism The Untold Story of the Texaco Oil Tycoon Who Loved Fascism

Franco’s fuel supplier didn’t live in Berlin or Rome. He lived in New York, and he worked in the Chrysler Building.

Mar 21, 2016 / Adam Hochschild

Trump supporters in Iowa

How Trump Dog-Whistles the Business Establishment How Trump Dog-Whistles the Business Establishment

He cleverly woos the GOP base on issues like trade, but this working-class hero is actually a willing agent of the 1 percenters.

Mar 18, 2016 / William Greider

Pfizer New York headquarters

Stop a Drug Company From Dodging $35 Billion in Taxes Stop a Drug Company From Dodging $35 Billion in Taxes

Pfizer plans to use “corporate inversion” to reap a huge tax break.

Mar 18, 2016 / NationAction

Family Sues Private-Prison Operator Over Deaths at Immigrant-Only Facilities

Family Sues Private-Prison Operator Over Deaths at Immigrant-Only Facilities Family Sues Private-Prison Operator Over Deaths at Immigrant-Only Facilities

An investigation found dozens of questionable deaths related to cost cutting in privatized federal prisons.

Mar 15, 2016 / Seth Freed Wessler

A protester with a bullhorn at a protest in Albany

Democrats and Republicans Are Quietly Planning a Corporate Giveaway—to the Tune of $400 Billion Democrats and Republicans Are Quietly Planning a Corporate Giveaway—to the Tune of $400 Billion

Why isn’t anyone talking about it?

Mar 4, 2016 / William Greider

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