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Europe’s Border Policies Are Sacrificing Migrant Lives for Corporate Profits
This February, France’s Minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin unveiled plans for a large-scale military operation against migrants in Mayotte. The island chain hosts a major French naval base in the...
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Book Reviews: Fighting Wall Street’s War on Workers and the Corporate BS that...
One of the occupational hazards of being a labor activist is over-exposure to “corporate bullshit”—on the job, in the community, and in politics. When workers try to win collective bargaining rights,...
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E-Books Can Subvert Book Bans, But Corporate Profit-Seeking Stands in the Way
The past few years have seen record e-book lending for libraries — as well as record profits for OverDrive, the company that provides e-books access for 95 percent of libraries in the U.S. (OverDrive’s...
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REPORT: Corporations That Pay Their Executives More Than Uncle Sam
INTRODUCTION Corporate tax dodging and executive pay packages have both gotten so far out of control that a significant number of major U.S. corporations are paying their top executives more than...
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Banning TikTok Is a Terrible Idea
As outrage at the Israeli war on Gaza and US backing for it continues to grow, US politicians have responded calmly and reasonably with a measure that threads a fine line between advocating for the US...
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The Mega Grocery Merger That Workers Would Pay the Price For
As a former grocery store cashier, the recent news that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is suing to block a merger between supermarket giants Kroger and Albertsons prompted a sigh of relief. My...
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Mozambican Climate Activists Are Taking on Multinational Gas Giants
In Mozambique’s northernmost province of Cabo Delgado, multinational giants TotalEnergies, ExxonMobil, Eni and others are developing three liquid natural gas, or LNG, projects. They will cost $50...
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You Flood it, You Pay For It.
One prong of the climate fight involves installing so much renewable energy that fossil fuel use actually declines dramatically—a few places are finally showing that’s possible, like sunny Germany...
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Tennessee Volkswagen Workers Have Filed for a Union Election
Autoworkers will vote on whether to form a union at the Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee, the company’s only factory on the planet without a union. On Monday, the United Auto Workers (UAW)...
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Starbucks Gives The Middle Finger To Trenton, New Jersey
Predatory Capitalism Triumphs Over People And Community There is a large sign over the Delaware River Bridge connecting New Jersey’s state capital with Pennsylvania that says “Trenton Makes, The World...
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Across Industries, Minnesota Workers Are Harnessing Their Collective Power
Collective power is rising in Minnesota. Thousands of union members and a broad coalition of community groups banded together to demand better contracts, quality schools, housing and a livable planet....
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Toyota Workers at Critical Engine Plant Launch UAW Union Drive
Autoworkers at a Toyota engine plant in Troy, Missouri, have signed up 30 percent of their thousand coworkers to join the United Auto Workers (UAW) — a first at Toyota, the world’s largest automaker,...
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The Global Laws That Help Corporations Block Climate Action
However much the British government plays fast and loose with our future by treating climate change as a political football, there is a reality it can’t deny: climate action is necessary. That’s why,...
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Cargo Giant in Baltimore Crash Silenced Whistleblowers
The company that chartered the cargo ship that destroyed the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore was recently sanctioned by regulators for blocking its employees from directly reporting safety...
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Why is America Letting the Oil Industry Destroy the Planet?
The men who made the intentional decision to murder my father are long dead; the men and women who today are plotting to render much of our beautiful planet uninhabitable are very much with us… When my...
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Corporate Profiteering Destroyed the Baltimore Bridge
The collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore has sent shock waves throughout the United States. The bridge was not built to withstand a direct hit from a container ship as large as the...
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Wall Street Greed, Not Worker Pay, Is Making Your Uber Ride More Expensive
If you’ve taken an Uber ride recently, you’ve probably noticed it cost a lot more than a few years ago. Why is that? We conducted the largest-ever study of rideshare fares to find out, and discovered a...
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Uber Says Raising Driver Pay Causes High Fares. Cities Aren’t Buying It.
If you’ve taken an Uber ride recently, you’ve probably noticed it cost a lot more than a few years ago. Why is that? We conducted the largest-ever study of rideshare fares to find out, and discovered a...
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U.S. Smear Campaign Against AMLO Backfires: Hated by Media, Loved in Polls
As Mexico prepares for its next presidential election in June, the U.S. corporate-owned media is working overtime to smear the outgoing president Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) and his popular...
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The For-Profit Nursing Home Scam
Last June, an elderly stroke survivor residing at Chicago’s Lakeview Rehabilitation and Nursing Center fell to the floor while being transferred by mechanical lift from his bed to a shower chair. The...
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