Quebec: One More Crack in the Wall
To shield various world leaders from popular protest, Quebec City became a virtual police state last weekend. One silver lining to the military crackdown was how it unified anti-free traders of all...
View ArticlePut an End to CEO Excess
Executives at some companies with military contracts have increased their salaries by 200 percent since 9/11. It's time to close the loopholes that permit war profiteering.
View ArticleFighting War Profiteering, Truman-Style
If Rumsfeld hopes to bask in Truman's aura as a military leader, he'd do well to take a stand against the rampant corruption that is occurring on his watch.
View ArticleThe Rise and Fall of a War Profiteer
Just months ago, bulletproof vest-maker David H. Brooks was living large, having raked in millions selling the military body armor. But it was his last hurrah.
View ArticleBlatantly Boasting War Profiteers
Profiteering execs don't usually brag about their windfalls from the 'war on terror' -- unless they're talking to potential investors.
View ArticleFor One California Profiteer, Iraq is Going Great
While the firm's workers earn a modest wage for risking their lives, execs are raking it in from the safety of their San Francisco offices.
View ArticleTorture Sours U.S.-Canadian Right-Wing Lovefest
Stephen Harper, Canada's conservative prime minister, campaigned on strengthening ties with the Bush administration. But the love affair has ended over the American "rendition" of a Canadian citizen to...
View ArticleFat Cat CEOs Strike Back at Congress
The CEOs who sit on the powerful Business Roundtable are working to stop Congress from moving ahead with executive pay reform. The reason? It's all personal.
View ArticleForeign Investors Gone Wild
Leaders of developing countries are often forced to work with institutions that promote and protect foreign investment -- with little regard for the costs to democracy and the environment.
View ArticleBush Sends Another Neocon to Head the World Bank
The man who tried to equate resistance to corporate globalization with the terrorism of al Qaeda now takes over the World Bank following Paul Wolfowitz's scandal-ridden tenure.
View ArticleDespite the Mortgage Crisis, Hedge Funders Are Still Raking It in
The little guys may be hurting, but fear not for the titans of capital.
View ArticleAre Corporate Titans Really Worth the Billions They Suck In?
Is the labor of corporate CEOs really hundreds of times more valuable than the labor of other leaders?
View ArticleOne Down: Obscenely Decadent War Profiteer Hauled Off in Handcuffs
It looks like the party may be over for one corporate crook.
View ArticleWal-Mart’s New Greenwashing Report
The big-box company's new glossy environmental report can't hide that its fundamental problem is its business model.
View ArticleWill Dems Follow Through on Promises to Fix NAFTA?
Washington is long overdue for making sure U.S. trade policies put workers and the environment above corporate interests.
View ArticleBusting Paranoid Right-Wing Fantasies of Dissolving the Mexico-U.S.-Canada...
It's time to call BS on the idea of a mythical North American Union.
View ArticleAt the Height of an Energy Crisis, Fat-Cat CEOs Still Litter the Skies with...
The private-jet perk is -- literally and figuratively -- a high-profile sign of an executive reward system out of control.
View ArticleOutrageous CEO Salaries Are a Nationwide Scandal -- Where Are the Politicians?
Obama and McCain are both taking whacks at overpaid CEOs, but their solutions fall short.
View ArticleIn Wake of Crash, McCain Talks Tough About CEO Pay -- Will Congress Call His...
The candidate is proposing a radical restriction on pay for CEOs of bailed-out firms. But is he serious or is this just election season populism?
View ArticleTruth, Lies, the Bailout and CEO Pay
The bailout does precious little to limit the extravagant pay that gives top executives the incentive to behave outrageously.
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