Corporate Power

10 Reasons to Be Hopeful About 2009 and 3 Reasons to be Terrified

Sarah van Gelder | Posted 12.31.2008 | World

Read More: Lists, Yes We Can, Election Protection, Hope, Economic Alternatives, Economic Crisis, Corporate Power, Youth Activism, Obama Young People, Obama Foreign Policy, Barack Obama, Foreign Policy, Nuclear Weapons, Barack Obama 2009, Universal Health Care, Climate Change, YES! Magazine, Loose Nukes, Health Care, Obama Science, World News
Sarah van Gelder

We humans have the free will to make choices that assure our collective survival, or do otherwise. We have the creativity and intelligence to build on the best possibilities while averting the worst.

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The 10 Worst Corporations of 2008

Robert Weissman | Posted 12.29.2008 | Business

Read More: Roche, Smoking, Economy, Food Crisis, Cargill, Aig, Corporate Power, Tax Evasion, Philippines, Osha, Imperial Sugar, HIV/AIDS, Corporate Crime, Darfur, Philip Morris, Dole, Cnpc, Corporate Greed, Constellation, Financial Crisis, Chevron, Nuclear Power, Ge, Business News
Robert Weissman

In keeping with our tradition of highlighting diverse forms of corporate wrongdoing, we included only one financial company on the 10 Worst list.

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2009: A Time for Real Economic Change

Mike Garibaldi-Frick | Posted 12.29.2008 | Business

Read More: Taxes, Small Business, Wall Street Bailout, Economy, Economic Crisis, Middle Class, George W. Bush, Ponzi Scheme, Obama, Corporate Power, Capitalism, Tax Reform, Recession, Economic Policy, FInancial Markets, Corporations, United States, Tax Cuts, Mortgage Rates, Interest Rates, Wall Street, Great Depression, Financial Crisis, Business News
Mike Garibaldi-Frick

America's anger and ingenious will is stoked and a new, more open administration is coming to power looking for innovative, far-reaching ideas.

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Corporate Responsibility and the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Michael Shtender-Auerbach | Posted 12.10.2008 | Business

Read More: 60th Anniversary Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Eisenhower, Corporate Power, Corporations, United Nations, Business and Human Rights Resource Center, The Ruggie Framework, John Ruggie, Global Network Initiative, Business News
Michael Shtender-Auerbach

With its growing impact on socio-economic conditions, business has a role to play in finally bringing the Declaration's principles to their universal realization.

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Obama's Picks and the Ideology of No Ideology

Norman Solomon | Posted 11.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: USA Today, Robert Reich, Economic Crisis, Economy, Constellation Energy, Boeing, David Brooks, Judge Judy, New Yrok Times, PBS "Washington Week", Timothy Geithner, Corporate Power, Mark Weisbrot, Barack Obama, Lawrence Summers, National Mining Association, Ideology, Politics News
Norman Solomon

On Friday, columnist David Brooks informed readers that Barack Obama's picks "are not ideological." The incoming president's key economic adviser...

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Palin's The Latest Product We've Gobbled Up

Christopher Fink | Posted 09.12.2008 | Home

Read More: Marketing, Consumerism, Democracy, Corporate Power, Capitalism, Sarah Palin; Palin Bush; Palin Vice Presidential Candidate; Celebrity Politics;, Home News
Christopher Fink

As a new consumer product, Palin's candidacy is like those miraculous new prescription drugs that will cure us of all our troublesome afflictions. The problem is these products are frequently later discovered to prove hazardous to our health.

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The War on Labor Day

Elana Levin | Posted 09.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Middle-Class Squeeze, Labor, Take Back Labor Day, Employee Free Choice Act, Labor Day, Corporations, Trade, Middle Class, Corporate Power, Unions, Nafta, Workers Rights, Politics News
Elana Levin

Bill O'Reilly talks about "The War on Christmas," and while that concept has been widely lambasted I'm here today to sound a different alarm -- that there is truly a War on Labor Day.

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Bush v. Gore Rears Its Head: The Triumph of Politics Over Law (Part II)

Shahid Buttar | Posted 07.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Judicial Activism, US Supreme Court, Abortion Rights, Guantanamo Detainees, Rule of Law, Supreme Court Guantanamo Detainees, Corporate Power, Race, Pollution, Civil Rights, Detainees, Corporate America, Voting Rights, Environment, Voter ID Laws, Conservative Supreme Court Justices, Supreme Court Bush vs. Gore, Bush Administration and Corporate Cronyism, Politics News
Shahid Buttar

Despite the changing winds of politics, the expansion of the voting franchise has been one of our most consistent trends since the birth of the Republic.

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Big Business Dominates Small Business Contracting Programs

Chris Gunn | Posted 07.17.2008 | Business

Read More: Beltway Bandits, Fortune 500, Small Business, Corporate America, Economy, Procurement, Contracting, Federal Contracting, Corporate Power, American Small Business League, Business News
Chris Gunn

This is a great story, which ran across Associated Press media outlets today regarding the unequal distribution of small business contracts in the Washington D.C. area.

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Paying Off Clinton's Debt: Not A Dime For Mark Penn

Jonathan Tasini | Posted 07.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: Colombia, Hillary Clinton, Karen Hughes, Corporate Power, Class Warfare, Mark Penn, Politics News
Jonathan Tasini

Penn has hated everything about the movement for change long before he helped pilot the Clinton presidential campaign to disaster. Now he's teaming up with Karen Hughes in a "bi-partisan" effort.

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John McCain's New Populism?

Diane Francis | Posted 06.16.2008 | Business

Read More: George Bush, Greed, Wall Street Bonuses, John McCain, CEO Pay, Wall Street Regulations, Excess CEO Compensation, Lobbyists, CEO Compensation, Shareholder Rights, Corporate Power, Shareholder Value, Shareholder Democracy, Barack Obama, Tax Cuts Fo Rthe Rich, Business Roundtable, Boards of Directors, Profits, Corporate America, Economic Reform, Tax Cuts, Business News
Diane Francis

McCain can "pledge" to reform Wall Street business practices all he wants, but he hasn't walked the walk in the Senate in past years, nor has his party ever done so.

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Another Corporate Gimmick -- Arbitration

Dave Johnson | Posted 06.14.2008 | Business

Read More: Deregulation, Mediation, Tort Reform, Corporations, Courts, Arbitration, Attorneys, Corporate Power, Business News
Dave Johnson

More and more consumer-oriented contracts have clauses specifying that disputes must go to arbitration rather than our civil justice system. But 98.8% of arbitrations end in favor of the corporations.

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A Paroxysm of Voterly Rage

Jeff Dorchen | Posted 04.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: 2008 Elections, Debate, Mccain Neocons, George W. Bush, Democratic Debates, Negative Campaigning, Corporate Power, Media, All Things Considered, Policy, Neo-Con Agenda, 2008 Presidential Election, Coca-Cola, John McCain Economic Policy, Democratic Primary, Negative Attacks, Crony Capitalism, ABC Debate, Election 2008, Bush Administration and Corporate Cronyism, President Bush, Voting, John McCain, Bush, Hope, Democratic Presidential Candidate, John Mccain Neoconservatives, Gold, Capitalism, Democrats, Energy Policy, 2008 Election, Bush Economy, Npr, Bush Administration, School Vouchers, Corporations, Neocon, Media Coverage of 2008 Election, Neocons, Neoconservatives, Crony-Capitalists, Free Market, Politics News
Jeff Dorchen

I apologize for the following. It was written in anger brought on by listening to All Things Considered for three whole minutes, a mistake I shall no...

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A Milestone Birthday

R.T. Eby | Posted 03.31.2008 | Home

Read More: Paris Hilton, Corporate America, Wal-Mart, Pop Culture Presidential Politics, Paris Hilton Role Model, Paris Hilton Politics, Hillary Clinton, Corporate Power, Corporate Influence, Joan Baez Politics, Home News
R.T. Eby

Paris Hilton has decided that she is a role model for young women around the world. At first glance that creates the same kind of problem as the one a columnist wrote about recently with Hillary Clinton.

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MLK on Class, Conscience, and Corporate Buyouts

Kerry Candaele | Posted 01.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Recession, Corporate Power, Corporate Greed, Martin Luther King, Class, Mlk, Politics News
Kerry Candaele

As a recession begins to bite hard, class inequality is a question that the country seems willing to confront more forcefully. That discussion should start with a debate about the role of 'private equity' firms in the U.S. economy.

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Big Business Is Even More Unpopular Than You Think

Robert Weissman | Posted 01.15.2008 | Business

Read More: Hmos, Oil Industry, De-Regulation, Lobbying, Corporations, Regulation, Corporate Power, Tobacco Industry, Business, Business News
Robert Weissman

New findings on attitudes toward regulation show that the business campaign against regulation as an abstract concept has been very successful.

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Edwards Reconsidered

Norman Solomon | Posted 01.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: Politics, New Hampshire Primary, Dennis Kucinich, War, John Edwards, Iraq, Hillary Clinton, News Media, Corporate Power, Democratic Presidential Race, Iowa Caucuses, Health Care, Barack Obama, Politics News
Norman Solomon

Ironically, history may show that the person who did the most to undermine the reasoning for a Dennis Kucinich vote at the start of 2008 was... Dennis Kucinich.

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The Mad Corporate World of Glenn Beck

Norman Solomon | Posted 12.19.2007 | Media

Read More: Television, Iran, News Coverage, Cnn, Pentagon, Advertising, Demagogue, War, Deregulation, Nbc, Glenn Beck, Iraq, Corporate Power, Corporate Ownership, Media, Military Contractors, Media News
Norman Solomon

I figured it was a safe bet that Glenn Beck's enthusiasm for full disclosure from media would be selective.

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