AlterNet Blogs: Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace

Americans Lack Economic Literacy; Some Hold "Insane" Views on Stimulus Spending

Steve Benen — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:37:01 PST

According to pollsters.

Yes Men Strike Again, Launch New Coke Brand Bottled Water Called 'Deception' [with Video]

Tara Lohan — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:07:01 PST

The best part is when they run into an actual Coke employee.

Why There Are More Than 1 Million Hungry Kids in the U.S.

Sarah Newman — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:43:01 PST

Those shouldering the burden of this economic crisis are barely surviving.

Goldman Sachs Plays at Giving Back to the Little People

Joe Costello — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:50:01 PST

If only all the boys sitting behind bars for sticking up a 7-11 knew all they had to do was apologize and give back a pittance of that they stole. All would be forgiven.

Hundreds Converge on Goldman Sachs DC Headquarters

Staff — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:41:01 PST

National mobilization continues to demand an end to multi-billion dollar bonuses at bailed out banks and the Too Big To Fail doctrine

Zombie Lies Don't Die ... WSJ Spins Discredited Claim that Programs for the Poor Caused Housing Crisis

Staff — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 14:03:01 PST

The idea that affordable housing initiatives were responsible for the crash is a widely discredited myth.

Goldman Sachs Report: Watered-Down Senate Health Bill a Windfall for Big Insurance

Igor Volsky — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:55:01 PST

Should lawmakers further weaken the bill, the industry will stand to profit

Politico Trivializes Rape by Gov Contractors, Spins Franken Amendment as Partisan Attack (Obsenity-Laden Rant Alert)

Thers — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:53:01 PST

Are these people insane?

After 5 Weeks, 3 GOP Filibusters and 200,000 Americans Running Out of Bennies, Obama to Sign Unemployment Extension

Steve Benen — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:07:01 PST

This is how things work in DC these days.

Unemployment Hits 10.2 Percent, Economy Sheds 190,000 Jobs

Dean Baker — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:17:01 PST

A run-down of the employment picture.

Meet Some of the People Who Have Jobs Thanks to Obama's Recovery Act

Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:46:01 PST

640,329 jobs were created or saved. But the true significance of this number lies in the people behind it.

Rape Victim Confronts Vitter Over Vote for Impunity for Contractors

Amanda Terkel — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:06:01 PST

In 2005, Jamie Leigh Jones' Halliburton/KBR co-workers gang-raped her while she was working in Baghdad.

Good News Everyone, The Economic Crisis Is Over! (Right?)

Allison Kilkenny — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:15:01 PDT

There's a disconnect between official economic figures like GDP, "third quarter growth," and average citizens' lives.

An Early Halloween Scare: Immigration Agents Attacking Workers' Rights!

Amy Traub — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 03:54:01 PDT

The exploitation of undocumented immigrants threatens the wages, benefits and working conditions for all workers, but we're not addressing the root problem.

Oil Tycoon: Our Troops Died ... We're "Entitled" to Sweet Contracts in Iraq!

Joshua Holland — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 10:48:01 PDT

The logic of billionaire T-Boone Pickens.