Asbestos Liability Scam Asbestos Liability Scam
The Senate will soon consider the Fairness in Asbestos Injury Resolution Act (FAIR) that is anything but for the workers whose health has been impaired by asbestos. It's a move by ...
Oct 20, 2005 / William Johnson and Kate Levin
Scamming the States Scamming the States
Companies like Boeing, Dell and Daimler-Chrysler know how to extort tax cuts and subsidies from states eager to keep jobs from fleeing. But taxpayers, community groups and even a S...
Oct 13, 2005 / Greg LeRoy
Pop Goes the Real Estate Bubble Pop Goes the Real Estate Bubble
Stocks crash and housing prices tend to go down with a whisper. But a disturbing number of signs now point to a sudden burst of the real estate bubble.
Oct 5, 2005 / Feature / Nicholas von Hoffman
A Devil’s Dictionary of Business A Devil’s Dictionary of Business
Had your fill of spin and flimflam about the greatness of corporate America? Here's the real truth about money, high finance and low, commerce, clever tricks, globalism and globalo...
Sep 27, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Nicholas von Hoffman
When ‘Connected’ means ‘Corrupted’ When ‘Connected’ means ‘Corrupted’
The hurricane-driven windfalls for GOP-connected businesses continues, and so do the scandals of widespread corruption among George Bush's cronies. And the rest of us are played fo...
Sep 27, 2005 / Column / Robert Scheer
How to Curb Corporate Power How to Curb Corporate Power
As corporations consolidate, they grab power from the public. Here are seven modest proposals to give power back to the public and avoid another Enron.
Sep 22, 2005 / Feature / Ralph Nader
Wal-Mart to the Rescue! Wal-Mart to the Rescue!
For once, Wal-Mart is acting like a hero, with speedy delivery of water and supplies to Hurricane Katrina victims. If it could only act that way every day.
Sep 14, 2005 / Feature / Liza Featherstone
Failing Students, Rising Profits Failing Students, Rising Profits
The Community Education Partners (CEP) serves students the public schools don't want--and it makes millions.
Sep 1, 2005 / Feature / Annette Fuentes
The Bank of Wal-Mart? The Bank of Wal-Mart?
Sounds like an episode of The Simpsons, but this is for real: The retail giant wants even more of your money.
Aug 31, 2005 / Feature / Liza Featherstone
When China Went Shopping When China Went Shopping
Like oil and water, Chinese capitalism and US politics just don't mix.
Aug 22, 2005 / Feature / Nicholas von Hoffman