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For those of us who have flirted with a life in academia, Marc Bousquet's How the University Works:… more
For those of us who have flirted with a life in academia, Marc Bousquet's How the University Works:… more
The decline of newspapers is not about the replacement of the antiquated technology of newsprint with the lightning… more
Drastic wage cuts drive UAW members to picket American Axle & Manufacturing
In late 2007, the investment firm The Carlyle Group purchased one of the country's largest nursing home chains… more
SEC proposes curbing shareholder power
Contracting soldiers of fortune is only one example of our recent philosophy of government
Two environmental groups cave in to Big Coal in Texas
Critics of the movie are hooked on pharmaceutical company payouts and part of a system that is rotten to the marrow and should be put out of its misery
Multinational polluter Rio Tinto sued under Alien Tort Claims Act for causing deaths of 10,000 Papua New Guineans
Rate hike pushed by media conglomerate Time Warner threaten small and medium-circulation publications
Oil, the U.S.-Middle East Free Trade Area and the Bush Agenda
As I sat in the café of a Borders bookstore in Chicago huddled over my laptop and struggling… more
The "pink" slogan behind National breast Cancer Awareness Month has become consumer-oriented and emphasizes an individualistic approach to healthcare.
The E. Coli outbreak is caused by the deregualtion and mass production of food by corporate agriculture's economies of scale.
The pharmaceutical industry keeps health information confidential in order to sell pharmafakes for big profits.
The untold story of Taser-related deaths
Do partisanship and cronyism trump congressional oversight and corporate accountability?
Tzotzil Indians in Mexico know the dangers of globalization and soda pop.
MoveOn uses new "Caught red-handed" ad campaign to highlight Republican congressional candidates who put special interests before the public good.
Will Chicago Pass a Big Box Ordinance to raise worker wages?
Take a moment to savor the convictions of top Enron executives Ken Lay and Jeffrey Skilling. Anything short… more
Biofuel corporations promise big benefits, but environmentalists have their doubts
Workers who make trouble for their bosses (and their unions) met up at the Labor Notes Conference.
Fifteen years ago the Food and Drug Administration said, "Trust us." Its scientists had found benzene, a known… more
For a couple of klieg-lit days in rainy West Virginia, we were reminded--once again--that the dark and hidden… more
Can you patent the business method of selling cereal? One company gave it a shot.
What do you get when you cross gutted labor laws with a corporate culture of impunity? Why, Wal-Mart, of course!
Sexist antics and union-busting cast doubt on American Apparel's progressive cred
Parents and health advocates fight to make sure Pepsi is not the choice of a new generation
In the ’70s and ’80s, the banana companies Dole, Del Monte and Chiquita used a carcinogenic pesticide, Nemagon,… more
Alex Gibney’s Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room is based on the eponymous book by Peter Elkind… more
Bad ideology trumps good business
It’s a strange thing when a letter from the school principal arrives on lime green and aqua stationery.… more
The EPA works with factory farms to delay regulation of ‘Extremely Hazardous Substances.’
The fashion giant releases a candid report detailing the industry’s squalid working conditions
On April 7, politicians and law enforcement officials gathered in Tacoma, Washington, to celebrate the opening of the… more
The hows and whys of beating the Bentonville behemoth
I’ve just returned from Bangladesh, and I am angry. Not, of course, with the people. They were incredibly… more
Benetton is color blind, except when it comes to its profits
Labor and shareholders unite to roll back executive power