Tag: Corporate influence
Are corporations picking more pockets as government snoozes?
by Wade Rathke October 15, 2020 New Orleans, Maybe I’m wrong? Maybe I just woke up with a manic pandemic depression about the current pandemic depression? Maybe it’s always like this, and I haven’t noticed it…
Bezos grew record-setting $13 billion richer on Monday as poor and working class in US face financial cliff
“In ONE DAY Jeff Bezos made well over 4,000 times what the average American earns in their ENTIRE LIFETIME.” by Julia Conley, staff writer Tuesday, July 21 Days before the expiration of federal unemployment benefits is…
Researchers show hack-for-hire operation targeted groups fighting for climate action and net neutrality
“If the investigation demonstrates that Exxon is behind these attacks, it only shows how far the fossil fuel industry will go to silence critics.” by Julia Conley, staff writer Thursday, June 10 The Canadian digital watchdog…
Small business owners to McConnell: Stop using our plight to push for Covid-19 corporate immunity
“With this perverse cost-shift, corporate immunity could result in only the most irresponsible corporations surviving the pandemic.” by Jake Johnson, staff writer Wednesday, May 20 A coalition of more than 30,000 small business owners across the…
Coronavirus put her out of work, then debt collectors Froze her savings account
Kim Boatswain’s tax refund could have helped her get through the coronavirus slowdown. But debt collectors seized it. There are few options for Texans like Boatswain whose money was taken just before the state temporarily banned…
Medical staffing companies cut doctors’ pay while spending millions on political ads
While cutting benefits for emergency room doctors and other medical workers, TeamHealth and Envision have spent millions on ads meant to pressure politicians working on legislation to cap out-of-network costs for Americans. by Isaac Arnsdorf Monday,…
UnitedHealth group posts surge in profits as millions lose insurance and thousands die
‘Thriving During a Pandemic’: “The earnings were so good, the company said it still expects to make as much in total profits this year as they predicted in December… when no one could predict the massive…
The White House pushed FEMA to give its biggest coronavirus contract to a company that never had to bid
The Trump administration has rushed through more than $760 million in contracts outside the usual bidding process during its haphazard coronavirus response. It’s highly unusual for the White House to step into FEMA’s supply bidding process….
Oversight of $4.5 trillion corporate bailout in ‘grave jeopardy’ as Trump fires independent watchdog
“A direct insult to the American taxpayers—of all political stripes—who want to make sure that their tax dollars are not squandered on wasteful boondoggles, incompetence, or political favors.” by Jake Johnson, staff writer Tuesday, April 7…
Trump White House weighing tax cut for rich investors as workers and small businesses struggle
‘Smash-and-Grab Economics’ Critics slammed the Trump administration for considering “rewarding vulture capitalists profiting off a crisis.” by Jake Johnson, staff writer As desperate workers, the unemployed, and small businesses struggle to obtain benefits authorized under the…
EPA science panel plows ahead with toxic chemical’s review, despite coronavirus crisis
TCE is used by dry cleaners, auto brake shops, parts manufacturing factories, paper mills, refineries and many other businesses large and small. On those job sites, tens of thousands of workers are exposed to amounts of…
Walmart was almost charged criminally over opioids. Trump appointees killed the indictment.
Even as company pharmacists protested, Walmart kept filling suspicious prescriptions, stoking the country’s opioid epidemic. A Republican U.S. Attorney in Texas thought the evidence was damning. Trump’s political appointees? Not so much. by Jesse Eisinger and…
Foundations as “extensions” of corporate reach
New Orleans Foundations created by corporations and the superrich are multi-headed monster of tax havens and public relations that combine to whitewash a story for the people down below that makes us swallow rather than spit. …
