Corporate Power

Big Business Dominates Small Business Contracting Programs

Chris Gunn | Posted 07.17.2008 | Business

Read More: Beltway Bandits, Fortune 500, Small Business, Corporate America, Economy, Procurement, Contracting, Federal Contracting, Corporate Power, American Small Business League, Business News

This is a great story, which ran across Associated Press media outlets today regarding the unequal distribution of small business contracts in the Washington D.C. area.

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Paying Off Clinton's Debt: Not A Dime For Mark Penn

Jonathan Tasini | Posted 07.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: Colombia, Hillary Clinton, Karen Hughes, Corporate Power, Class Warfare, Mark Penn, Politics News

Penn has hated everything about the movement for change long before he helped pilot the Clinton presidential campaign to disaster. Now he's teaming up with Karen Hughes in a "bi-partisan" effort.

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John McCain's New Populism?

Diane Francis | Posted 06.16.2008 | Business

McCain can "pledge" to reform Wall Street business practices all he wants, but he hasn't walked the walk in the Senate in past years, nor has his party ever done so.

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Another Corporate Gimmick -- Arbitration

Dave Johnson | Posted 06.14.2008 | Business

Read More: Deregulation, Mediation, Tort Reform, Corporations, Courts, Arbitration, Attorneys, Corporate Power, Business News

More and more consumer-oriented contracts have clauses specifying that disputes must go to arbitration rather than our civil justice system. But 98.8% of arbitrations end in favor of the corporations.

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A Paroxysm of Voterly Rage

Jeff Dorchen | Posted 04.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: 2008 Elections, Debate, Mccain Neocons, George W. Bush, Democratic Debates, Negative Campaigning, Corporate Power, Media, All Things Considered, Policy, Neo-Con Agenda, 2008 Presidential Election, Coca-Cola, John McCain Economic Policy, Democratic Primary, Negative Attacks, Crony Capitalism, ABC Debate, Election 2008, Bush Administration and Corporate Cronyism, President Bush, Voting, John McCain, Bush, Hope, Democratic Presidential Candidate, John Mccain Neoconservatives, Gold, Capitalism, Democrats, Energy Policy, 2008 Election, Bush Economy, Npr, Bush Administration, School Vouchers, Corporations, Neocon, Media Coverage of 2008 Election, Neocons, Neoconservatives, Crony-Capitalists, Free Market, Politics News

I apologize for the following. It was written in anger brought on by listening to All Things Considered for three whole minutes, a mistake I shall no...

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A Milestone Birthday

R.T. Eby | Posted 03.31.2008 | Home

Read More: Paris Hilton, Corporate America, Wal-Mart, Pop Culture Presidential Politics, Paris Hilton Role Model, Paris Hilton Politics, Hillary Clinton, Corporate Power, Corporate Influence, Joan Baez Politics, Home News

Paris Hilton has decided that she is a role model for young women around the world. At first glance that creates the same kind of problem as the one a columnist wrote about recently with Hillary Clinton.

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MLK on Class, Conscience, and Corporate Buyouts

Kerry Candaele | Posted 01.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Recession, Corporate Power, Corporate Greed, Martin Luther King, Class, Mlk, Politics News

As a recession begins to bite hard, class inequality is a question that the country seems willing to confront more forcefully. That discussion should start with a debate about the role of 'private equity' firms in the U.S. economy.

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Big Business Is Even More Unpopular Than You Think

Robert Weissman | Posted 01.15.2008 | Business

Read More: Hmos, Oil Industry, De-Regulation, Lobbying, Corporations, Regulation, Corporate Power, Tobacco Industry, Business, Business News

New findings on attitudes toward regulation show that the business campaign against regulation as an abstract concept has been very successful.

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Edwards Reconsidered

Norman Solomon | Posted 01.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: Politics, New Hampshire Primary, Dennis Kucinich, War, John Edwards, Iraq, Hillary Clinton, News Media, Corporate Power, Democratic Presidential Race, Iowa Caucuses, Health Care, Barack Obama, Politics News

Ironically, history may show that the person who did the most to undermine the reasoning for a Dennis Kucinich vote at the start of 2008 was... Dennis Kucinich.

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The Mad Corporate World of Glenn Beck

Norman Solomon | Posted 12.19.2007 | Media

Read More: Television, Iran, News Coverage, Cnn, Pentagon, Advertising, Demagogue, War, Deregulation, Nbc, Glenn Beck, Iraq, Corporate Power, Corporate Ownership, Media, Military Contractors, Media News

I figured it was a safe bet that Glenn Beck's enthusiasm for full disclosure from media would be selective.

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