Big Bucks in Iraq Big Bucks in Iraq
In early October, Iraq's US-appointed Governing Council awarded the country's first mobile phone licenses to three companies from the Middle East.
Oct 23, 2003 / Editorial / Tim Shorrock
Identity Thieves Identity Thieves
The Federal Trade Commission has acknowledged that the epidemic of identity theft claimed almost 10 million victims last year.
Oct 16, 2003 / Editorial / Jamie Court
Money for Nothing Money for Nothing
Activists say no to corporate giveaways.
Aug 14, 2003 / Feature / Bobbi Murray
Victory at McDonald’s Victory at McDonald’s
Watch for William Greider's forthcoming book The Soul of Capitalism: Opening Paths to a Moral Economy, due in bookstores in early September. Click here for info on the book and or...
Jul 31, 2003 / Editorial / William Greider
Profits at Gunpoint Profits at Gunpoint
Unocal's pipeline in Burma becomes a test case in corporate responsibility.
Jun 12, 2003 / Feature / Daphne Eviatar
Wal-Mart Bans Maxim, Stuff and FHM Wal-Mart Bans Maxim, Stuff and FHM
Now Wal-Mart's banned those mags for lads But so far hasn't banned the scads Of other soft-core porn on view-- Like busty dolls that do kung fu,
May 15, 2003 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Paying for Apartheid Paying for Apartheid
Two major lawsuits--filed in the United States against multinational corporations including GM, IBM and Citigroup for aiding and abetting apartheid--are at a critical juncture.
May 15, 2003 / Editorial / John S. Friedman
Hubris Unbound Hubris Unbound
See also Tim Shorrock's March 2002 story for The Nation on the Carlyle Group.
May 8, 2003 / Feature / Tim Shorrock
Scandal on Scandal Scandal on Scandal
The best names in Wall Street, who besmirched themselves with double-dealing stock-market scandals, were finally "punished" recently, and the miscreants could not contain their...
May 8, 2003 / Editorial / The Editors
War Profiteering War Profiteering
Even before US troops arrived in Baghdad, looting broke out--in Washington.
Apr 24, 2003 / Editorial / The Editors