AlterNet Blogs: Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace

Health Insurers Spent $38 Million Lobbying Congress in 2009

Zaid Jilani — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 10:45:01 PST

These are the same companies that fought hard against the public option.

Has Disaster Profiteering Already Begun in Haiti?

Jeremy Scahill — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 08:15:01 PST

The Orwellian-named International Peace Operations Association didn't waste much time in offering the "services" of its member companies to swoop down on Haiti.

Whole Foods Really Is Bad for the Planet

Kate Sheppard — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 12:54:01 PST

The company flunked in a study about what companies are doing to address climate change.

H&M's 'Brand Integrity': Destroying Surplus Winter Clothes in New York Instead of Donating Them to the Needy

Liliana Segura — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 11:39:01 PST

Perfectly good shirts, sweaters and pants and winter jackets are ripped up and trashed instead of going to the city's huge poor population.

Surprise! White-Minority Income Gap Continues to Widen

Daniela Perdomo — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 14:52:01 PST

What do you call a society that in a period of crisis leaves its weakest to fend for themselves, while rushing to the aid of its most powerful? The United States.

Potential Deal Struck on Excise Tax

mcjoan — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 13:29:01 PST

Labor has reached a tentative deal with Democrats on how to fix the excise tax.

Running Scared? Anti-Union Retailers Stepping Up Fight Against Organized Labor

Amy Traub — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 11:30:01 PST

Advocates of workers' rights should be cheered by their alarm.

Tax Cuts Killed California

Steven D. — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 04:11:01 PST

Prop 13 led to disastrous results.

OK, This Is the Pinnacle of Corporate Crony-Socialism for Wall Street

Joshua Holland — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 11:00:01 PST

I mean, you really have to understand this.

Won't Somebody Please Think of the Bankers?

Steve M. — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 10:54:01 PST

Their plight hurts all of us.

Michael Chertoff's Pushing "Full-Body Scanners" for Airports but He Has a Conflict of Interest

Steve Benen — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 04:22:01 PST

The media is not calling him on it like they should.

A Foreign Tourist Tipped Me a Buck for Being American ... What Does that Say About Our Empire?

Joshua Holland — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 16:23:01 PST

A strange occurrence.

Obama's Outrageous Christmas Gift to Fannie and Freddie

Dean Baker — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 12:30:01 PST

After throwing the economy into the worst downturn since the Great Depression, the financial industry has used its political power to become stronger than ever.

How Goldman Secretly Bet on the U.S. Housing Crash

Staff — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 15:32:01 PST

Only later did investors in $40 billion in securities discover that what Goldman had promoted as triple-A rated investments were closer to junk.

American Apparel Sticks Up for Immigrant Workers Swept Up in ICE Raids

Marjorie Clifton — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 11:39:01 PST

Holiday sale will benefit those left jobless during the holidays.