Corporations

The Pentagon

Here’s Where Your Tax Dollars for ‘Defense’ Are Really Going Here’s Where Your Tax Dollars for ‘Defense’ Are Really Going

The Pentagon’s spending is a scandal of epic proportions.

Oct 10, 2017 / William D. Hartung

Special Investigation: How America’s Biggest Bank Paid Its Fine for the 2008 Mortgage Crisis—With Phony Mortgages!

Special Investigation: How America’s Biggest Bank Paid Its Fine for the 2008 Mortgage Crisis—With Phony Mortgages! Special Investigation: How America’s Biggest Bank Paid Its Fine for the 2008 Mortgage Crisis—With Phony Mortgages!

Alleged fraud put JPMorgan Chase hundreds of millions of dollars ahead; ordinary homeowners, not so much.

Oct 5, 2017 / Feature / David Dayen

Teamsters Opioid Protest

Fighting the Opioid Epidemic by Targeting Big Pharma’s Bottom Line Fighting the Opioid Epidemic by Targeting Big Pharma’s Bottom Line

The Teamsters are fighting the profit-driven medical industry that is tearing their communities apart.

Oct 3, 2017 / Michelle Chen

How Citizen Action Saved the New York Public Library

How Citizen Action Saved the New York Public Library How Citizen Action Saved the New York Public Library

Grassroots activists thwarted a costly and destructive renovation scheme—but the NYPL still lacks effective governance.

Sep 28, 2017 / Feature / Scott Sherman

How Many Palm Beach Mansions Does a Wall Street Tycoon Need?

How Many Palm Beach Mansions Does a Wall Street Tycoon Need? How Many Palm Beach Mansions Does a Wall Street Tycoon Need?

As many as destroying America’s hometown newspapers can buy him.

Sep 27, 2017 / Feature / Julie Reynolds

Jose Garcia Vicente holds a piece of plumbing he picked up, as he shows his destroyed home, in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria, in Aibonito, Puerto.

Demand Immediate Aid for Puerto Rico Demand Immediate Aid for Puerto Rico

You can also register your friends and family to vote and march for racial justice.

Sep 26, 2017 / NationAction

The Financial Industry Is Its Own Best Enemy

The Financial Industry Is Its Own Best Enemy The Financial Industry Is Its Own Best Enemy

Equifax’s blunder does more than any white paper to demonstrate the need for financial reform.

Sep 21, 2017 / Mike Konczal

DeVos Hearing

Betsy DeVos Is Helping Education Profiteers Rip Off Students Betsy DeVos Is Helping Education Profiteers Rip Off Students

Left for dead under Obama, the industry is suddenly getting everything it wants.

Sep 15, 2017 / David Dayen

Trump and Congressional Democrats

How Corporate Capitalism Looted Democracy How Corporate Capitalism Looted Democracy

Democrats not only colluded with Republicans in the robbery—some may now be willing to allow corporations to evade hundreds of billions they owe in back taxes.

Sep 14, 2017 / William Greider

House Speaker Paul Ryan, left, and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, right, listen as Donald Trump speaks during a meeting on tax reform in the White House on September 5, 2017.

Combat Trump’s Lies About Taxes Combat Trump’s Lies About Taxes

You can also donate to local organizations working on Hurricane Irma recovery and fight to defeat Trump’s Muslim ban.

Sep 12, 2017 / NationAction

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