Tag: Corporations
Fast food and big-box workers demand a living wage
On November 23, Black Friday, workers in thousands of Walmart stores went on strike for higher wages and better benefits. On November 29, in
The Waltons and Walmart: a fortune built on food stamps
Government is instituted for the common good; for the protection, safety, prosperity, and happiness of the people; and not for the profit, honor, or
Agribusiness: worst way to feed the world
If you want to know the real story about what you eat, check out the website for “Food MythBusters.” Here’s what Food MythBusters is
The fight to raise the minimum wage
Political discourse in corporate controlled Washington DC is silent on the plight of the working poor. Big business, corporate profits and the minimum wage
Bill Mckibben: “Global warming’s terrifying new math”
If you want to know where we stand with global warming, read Bill McKibben’s groundbreaking new piece in Rolling Stone, “Global Warming’s Terryifying New
Wealth doesn’t trickle down when it’s parked in off shore tax havens
A new study by the Tax Justice Network “The Price of Offshore Revisited” shines a light on the size of the global offshore economy—the amount of
Picasso’s Guernica and the horrors of war: 75 years later
War is a racket. It always has been. It is possibly the oldest, easily the most profitable, surely the most vicious. It is the
We should do business like Norway
If you had $600 billion to invest in various businesses, how would you do it? Would you only invest in companies that provided a
Extreme weather convinces Americans: Global warming is real
Corporations have debunked it, media has ignored it, and conservative politicians have fought it, but in spite of these self-serving efforts at denial, Americans