Corporations

Paul Blumenthal

Citizens United Decision Leaves Industries Free To Battle In California Primary

HuffingtonPost.com | Paul Blumenthal | Posted 05.26.2012

Read More: Super Pac, National Association of Realtors, Redistricting, Video, Corporations, Pete Aguilar, Credit Union, Realtors, Elections 2012, California 31, Gary Miller, Citizens United, Campaign Finance, Credit Unions, 2012 Congressional Races, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- The race for a newly drawn congressional district in California's Inland Empire is shaping up as a clash of titans. It's not the candida...

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Living Out Loud -- Should We All Be More "Open?": Corporations, the Main Beneficiaries of Personal Sharing (Part 5 of 7)

Don Tapscott | Posted 05.25.2012

Read More: Google, Oversharing, Online Privacy, Facebook Privacy, Internet Privacy, Facebook, Corporations, Privacy, Technology News
Don Tapscott

The most powerful forces making the case for sharing personal information are not philosophers or media pundits -- they are social media companies and other corporations who have a lot to gain from our social norms about privacy changing.

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Protecting Democracy in the Wake of Citizens United

Eric T. Schneiderman | Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: Supreme Court, US Supreme Court, Campaign Finance Reform, Corporations, Eric Schneiderman, Coporate-Money-Elections, Elections 2012, Democracy, Citizens United, New York Attorney General, American-Tradition-Partnership, Campaign Finance, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, Politics News
Eric T. Schneiderman

Nothing less than the integrity of our democracy is at stake. That's why New York is leading a bipartisan coalition of twenty-two states and the District of Columbia in urging the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold state restrictions on corporate campaign spending in the wake of Citizens United.

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The Media's Limitations and Manipulations

Ziad El-Hady | Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: Islamophobia, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, International Politics, Media Manipulation, Corporations, Media, News Corporation, Media Bias, Arab-Israeli Conflict, Media News
Ziad El-Hady

All social, political and economic policies and debates are communicated through our media. Therefore, the breadth of our democratic experience is largely defined by the structure of the media and its content.

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Arizona's Corporate-Run Agency Now Gives Taxpayer Subsidies to Other Corporations

Donald Cohen | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Privatization, Arizona, Corporations, Politics News
Donald Cohen

Arizona's corporate takeover is part of a troubling trend among states that are privatizing their economic development process.

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Paul Blumenthal

Super PAC Contributions Slump As GOP Primary Fight Ends

HuffingtonPost.com | Paul Blumenthal | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Super Pac, 2012 Elections, Super PACs, Rick Santorum, Elections 2012, Mitt Romney, Mitt Romney for President, Newt Gingrich for President, Restore Our Future, Citizens United, Priorities USA, Barack Obama, Campaign Finance, Newt Gingrich 2012, Red White and Blue Fund, 2012 Election, Corporations, Mitt Romney 2012, Harold Simmons, Winning Our Future, Rick Santorum 2012, Newt Gingrich, Super Pac April, Unions, Rick Santorum for President, Priorities USA Action, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Contributions to super PACs fell in April from the month before as the Republican presidential primary race ended. The unlimited money p...

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Mike Sacks

Citizens United Part II: Montana Attorney General Takes A Stand

HuffingtonPost.com | Mike Sacks | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Supreme Court, Montana, Montana Supreme Court, Corruption, Video, Corporations, Disclosure, Steve Bullock, Citizens United, Mccain-Feingold, American-Tradition-Partnership, Campaign Finance, Montana-Corrupt-Practices-Act, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Montana Attorney General Steve Bullock says that he has been so personally involved in the Citizens United sequel soon to be considered ...

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What Do Corporations Want?

William Astore | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Freedom of Speech, Supreme Court, Campaign 2012, James Caan, Corporations, Mitt Romney, John Houseman, Rollerball, Citizens United, Culture News
William Astore

Americans admire plucky individuals, those who cry "Give me liberty or give me death." But how much liberty do we truly have when we cede so much power to corporations?

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There Is a Way! Beyond the Big, Bad Corporation

Tara Lohan | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: U.S. Economy, Corporate Social Responsibility, Corporations, Business News
Tara Lohan

The corporate model we have today hasn't always been around and it doesn't need to remain the dominant way we do business. There is no reason we should be swabbing the decks of a sinking ship -- alternatives already exist and they are flourishing.

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In Corpore Sano?

Evan Soltas | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Taxes, Corporate Taxes, Corporations, Effective Corporate Tax Rate, Corporate Tax Rate, Business News
Evan Soltas

America is having the wrong conversation about corporate taxes. The problem isn't that corporate tax rates are too high, or that these rates are rendering us uncompetitive. This all-too-common story is simply untrue.

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Paul Blumenthal

'We ... have a monopoly on bribery in this country'

HuffingtonPost.com | Paul Blumenthal | Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: Supreme Court, Montana, Video, Corporations, Western Tradition Partnership, Brian Schweitzer, Corporate Personhood, Steve Bullock, Citizens United, Campaign Finance, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- The state of Montana is ready to embrace its role as the primary opponent of the Supreme Court's decision in Citizens United v. Federal ...

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May Day: From the Haymarket Massacre to the Occupy Movement

Lawrence Wittner | Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: Workers, May Day, May 1, Class Warfare, Tax Cuts for the Wealthy, Corporations, American Federation of Labor, Eight-Hour Day, Labor Unions, Unions, Occupy Movement, May Day Protests, Working Class, Occupy Wall Street Protests, Occupy Wall Street, May Day History, Culture News
Lawrence Wittner

Many people might be surprised to learn that the May Day celebrations that occurred around the world in 2012 were born more than a century ago out of a struggle by American workers for the eight-hour day.

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Don't Believe the Hype on Corporate Bribery

Brandon L. Garrett | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Corruption, News Corp, Walmart, Wall Street, White Collar Crime, Corporations, Corporate Bribes, Corporate Bribery, Walmart Bribery, Biomet, Siemens, Corporate Greed, Wal-Mart, Crime News
Brandon L. Garrett

Corporations can be prosecuted as criminals and every year some get convicted of crimes. However, over the past decade the government has not stepped up corporate crime enforcement. In fact, the evidence is to the contrary.

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Why Working From Home May Not Be All It's Cracked Up To Be

The Huffington Post | Bonnie Kavoussi | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: Work-From-Home, Corporate Profits, Companies Squeezing Workers, Work Productivity, Worker Productivity, Productivity Work From Home, Work From Home, Video, Work From Home Productivity, Corporations Work From Home Productivity, Corporations, Companies Productivity, Corporations Squeezing Workers, Corporations Productivity, Productivity, Business News

Workers are getting more flexibility from their employers, but that doesn't necessarily mean their lives are getting any easier. Companies are le...

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Influencing the Networked Global Energy Future

Peter Gardett | Posted 04.27.2012

Read More: Energy, Energy Industry, Corporations, Finance, Oil, Natural Gas, Business, Global Energy Future, Energy Future, Green House Gas Emissions, Clean Energy, Natural Gas Vehicles, Green News
Peter Gardett

Disputes are inevitable in the new global energy economy, but the resolution of those disputes does not have to repeat the history of oil-influenced wars, embargoes and economic crises.

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Meet The McDonald's Mummy

Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Mcdoubles, Fast Food, Mummy, Video, Gross Art, Ben Campbell, Egypt, Corporations, Kickstarter, Mcdonalds Mummy, French Fries, Slidepollajax, Mcdonalds, Arts News

Artist Ben Campbell stumbled upon a connection between modern society and ancient Egypt: we're all yearning for immortality. Whether through mummifica...

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The Dumbest Show on Fox News Channel Ever

Bob Cesca | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Supreme Court, Eric Bolling, Free Speech, Corporate Personhood, Dana Perino, U.S. Constitution, Citizens United, Greg Gutfeld, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, Campaign Finance Reform, Bob Beckel, Corporations, Nancy Pelosi, The Five, Constitutional Amendment, Fox News Channel, Media News
Bob Cesca

2012-04-25-Screenshot20120425at2.59.19PM.jpgIf Fox News was trying to create a show that would amplify the intellectual stature of the usually moronic Fox & Friends, they have totally succeeded with The Five.

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Why Anyone Should Care That Bill O'Reilly Calls Me a Communist

Robert Reich | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Globalization, Fox News, Corporate Greed, Income Inequality, Corporations, Bill O'Reilly, Civility, Politics News
Robert Reich

So many Americans are so angry and frustrated these days -- vulnerable to loss of job and healthcare and home, without a shred of economic security -- they're easy prey for demagogues offering simple answers and ready scapegoats. Take, for example, Bill O'Reilly.

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University of Michigan's Dubious Deal With Dow Chemical

Carol Polsgrove | Posted 04.20.2012

Read More: University of Michigan, Sustainability, Dow Chemical, Academic Freedom, Corporations, Green News
Carol Polsgrove

The terms of Dow Chemical's $10 million gift to the University of Michigan ought to raise eyebrows in universities across the country.

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If Corporations Are Persons, Then They Should Be Better People on Tax Day

Jose Suarez | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Taxes, Foreclosure Crisis, Corporations, Wells Fargo, Exxon Mobil, Foreclosure, Carnival Cruise Lines, Citizens United, Corporate Personhood, Miami News
Jose Suarez

If Carnival were a person, there would be a word to describe its behavior: bratty. You know, the way none of us would want to see our kids act.

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Luke Johnson

Corporations Reap Benefits Of Lobbying

HuffingtonPost.com | Luke Johnson | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Taxes, Corporate Tax Rates, Video, Sunlight Foundation, Lobbying, Corporations, Tax Day, Tax Day 2012, Corporate Taxes, Corporations Lobbying, Politics News

The top eight companies that spent the most on federal lobbying from 2007 to 2009 all saw their reported tax rates decrease from 2007 to 2010, accordi...

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The 10 Hardest-Working Towns In America

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 04.15.2012

Read More: Claritas and the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Hiring, Total Cereals, Compensation, Worker Productivity, Mri, Corporations, Wages, Parade, Business News

With relatively few Americans in the workforce, those who do have a job are working harder than ever these days. But which city’s got its nose press...

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Corporations Gone Wild

Harvey Rosenfield | Posted 04.13.2012

Read More: Corporate Profits, AT&T Mobility v. Concepcion, Wall Street, Citizens United, Corporations, Business News
Harvey Rosenfield

It's a magnificent time to be alive -- if you're a giant corporation, that is. Spring is here, and after a deep chill, the mighty mega-businesses are not merely reborn, but blossoming.

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The Surprising Benefits of Corporate Disunity

Wray Herbert | Posted 04.12.2012

Read More: Organizational Psychology, Group Behavior, White House, Judgment, West Wing, Ethics, Business, Decision Making, Corporations, Corporate Disunity, Corporate Psychology, Science News
Wray Herbert

The scientists' theory goes like this: As unified leadership teams splinter into factions, the key players become more competitive and more vigilant in monitoring one another.

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Money Buys a Deluge of False Information

Rice Odell | Posted 04.12.2012

Read More: Supreme Court Citizens United, Corporate Political Contributions, Politics, Citizens United, Corporations, Political-Campaigning, Politics News
Rice Odell

As for the clouds of political speech now darkening the landscape, corporations and corporate PACs can lie just like candidates. The Supreme Court justices who gave corporations a constitutional right to speak as persons were also giving them a right to lie like persons.

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