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There Is a Way! Beyond the Big, Bad Corporation

Tara Lohan, AlterNet. May 21, 2012.

New corporate models focus on ownership, governance, sustainability and social benefit.

Ehrenreich: How Corporations and Local Governments Rob the Poor Blind

Barbara Ehrenreich, TomDispatch.com. May 17, 2012.

The trick is to rob them in ways that are systematic, impersonal, and almost impossible to trace to individual perpetrators.

The Business of a Better World: Can a New Kind of Corporation Save Us and Our Economy?

Tara Lohan, AlterNet. April 15, 2012.

Corporations by today's definition, are obligated to make as much money as they can. But a new kind of corporation is changing that and potentially our economy, too.

The Biggest Engine of Economic Growth? 8 Ways Taxpayers and the Government Are Necessary to Capitalism

Colin Greer, AlterNet. March 13, 2012.

Almost everything the American capitalist system needs is provided by taxpayer dollars and government action.

Why Romney's "Self-Deportation" Idea Defies Reality, Legality, and American Values of Dignity and Human Rights

Raul A. Reyes, Other Words. February 24, 2012.

Some spectators in the audience giggled at Romney's answer. "Self-deportation," however, is no joke. It amounts to laws that harm undocumented immigrants and Latinos.

What Really Destroyed the Economy and How We Can Fix It

Katherine Sciacchitano, Dollars and Sense. September 29, 2011.

The crisis caused the deficit (not the other way around), and cutbacks have rendered the ill-fitting stimulus obsolete. Now we need a long-term, comprehensive jobs plan.

Need a Job? Start Your Own -- Here Are 5 Entrepreneurs Who Ditched the Corporate World

YES! MagazineSeptember 27, 2011.

When your dream job is the one you make yourself.

Is New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman the One to Finally Fight Big Money's Power in Politics?

Nina Burleigh, Salon. September 25, 2011.

Schneiderman is the best and probably last hope for some kind of public retribution against the banksters, some righting of wrongs--rolling of heads--as far as the Great Recession.

The Global Tax Dodgers: How Big Business Keeps Money Overseas Instead of Creating Jobs at Home

William Lazonick, New Deal 2.0. August 31, 2011.

Economist William Lazonick explores why American business leaders have taken a hike on the nation.

How Rick Perry Created His State's $27 Billion Budget Crisis

Lou Dubose, The Washington Spectator. August 24, 2011.

Since Perry is running for president on a record of fiscal responsibility, it’s important to understand his 2006 decision that wreaked havoc on his state.

Is Bank of America Headed Toward Collapse?

Sarah Jaffe, AlterNet. August 14, 2011.

The nation's largest bank has only gotten bigger since the financial crisis and the government bailouts. But is big trouble ahead for the big bank?

CEO of Walmart Makes in One Hour What the Average Employee Makes In a Year: How Skyrocketing Inequality Is Hurting America

Sarah Jaffe, AlterNet. June 20, 2011.

A new report shows exactly who the top 0.1 percent of Americans with all the wealth are. The question is, what can we do about it?

What Is ALEC? Dragging the Secretive Conservative Organization Out of the Shadows

Bill Berkowitz, Smirking Chimp. March 31, 2011.

This shadowy organization has played an extraordinary role in shaping pro-corporate legislation in a number of states.

Dal LaMagna: A Serial Entrepreneur Parlays Tweezerman Business Success into Social Activism

Dal LaMagna, Wiley Press. December 1, 2010.

The founder of the company Tweezerman shares his business wisdom in an excerpt from his new book, "Raising Eyebrows: A Failed Entrepreneur Finally Gets It Right."

In Arizona, Is Brown the New Gay?

Hans Johnson, AlterNet. May 13, 2010.

Arizona's new anti-immigrant law finds echos in the anti-gay laws of the past. It's time for immigration and LGBT activists to step up for each others' causes.

Turning Capitalism on Its Head by Cooperating for Sustainable Food

Vanessa Barrington, EcoSalon. April 9, 2010.

Innovative new ways of doing business are blossoming and two companies are showing that serving consumers, workers, and farmers can be the wave of the future.

Rachel Maddow: Corporations Are "Child Labor-Endorsing, Pro-Slavery Freaks" for Trying to Skirt Trade Laws

AlterNetNovember 11, 2009.

"How will the corporations save themselves from that onerous rule that you can‘t use slaves and prisoners and children to make your products"?

Bill Kristol Thanks God "Most of the Workforce Isn't Unionized"

Matt Corley, October 18, 2009.

Kristol's idiotic attack on unionization ignores the fact that unions are good for the American economy since unions help workers secure higher wages and greater benefits.

How the World's Biggest Corporations, From Starbucks to Wal-Mart to Barnes & Noble, Claim to Be 'Local'

How the World's Biggest Corporations, From Starbucks to Wal-Mart to Barnes & Noble, Claim to Be 'Local'

Stacy Mitchell, New Rules Project. September 8, 2009.

Hoping to capitalize on growing public enthusiasm for all things local, some of the world's biggest corporations are brashly laying claim to the word "local."

Ghost Malls: Stores Go Out of Business Across America

Steven D., Booman Tribune. July 21, 2009.

The problem of retail vacancies is a growing one all across the country as many stores downsize or simply go out of business altogether.

Sharks Vs. Very Mean Pirates: Michael Steele's Latest Incoherent Analogy

Matt Corley, ThinkProgress. June 25, 2009.

RNC Chairman Michael Steele is known for his creative analogies. Here's the latest.

Don't S**t Where You Eat: Rise of the Ecopreneur

Richard Seireeni, Chelsea Green Publishing. June 4, 2009.

Ecopreneurs are transforming the theory of sustainability into the practice of sustainable business and, then, into viable and desired brands.

Can Labor Revive the American Dream?

Esther Kaplan, The Nation. January 19, 2009.

The financial markets are in tatters, but corporate America is keeping its eyes on the prize: crushing organized labor.

Immigrant Rights Activists Battle Harsh Laws Across U.S.

Marcelo Ballve, New America Media. December 23, 2008.

Advocates for immigrant rights have begun weaving together coalitions to have their voices heard.

Stripper School: 6 Feminist Lessons Learned on the Stage

FeministeAugust 5, 2008.

A woman who stripped in Vegas writes about what working in a strip-club taught her about feminism in the work place.

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