Say It Ain’t So, Big Leagues Say It Ain’t So, Big Leagues
Strip-mining the Dominican Republic for talent, Major League Baseball periodically plucks one lucky boy from his home and family and gives him a dream for a better life. But what h...
Oct 26, 2005 / Feature / Dave Zirin
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 / Editorial / 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 / Editorial / Greg LeRoy
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
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
Wal-Mart Woos the Eggheads Wal-Mart Woos the Eggheads
Last year, labor historian Nelson Lichtenstein organized an academic conference on Wal-Mart at the University of California at Santa Barbara. Experts held forth on the Wal-Mart...
Aug 3, 2005 / Editorial / Liza Featherstone