Eight banks have committed to ending their future financing of the private prison industry – amounting to 87.4% of the credit lines and term loans of CoreCivic and GEO Group.
Wall Street, former CEO seek to get paid while Blackjewel miners wait for back wages
Private equity backing and self-dealing featured at the bankrupt coal firm whose workers are still waiting for pay.
UPDATE: Amy Klobuchar Returns Enbridge Money After PAI Revealed Campaign Contributions
U.S. Senator and 2020 presidential candidate Amy Klobuchar has returned $5,600 in donations to an Enbridge donor after PAI revealed the campaign contributions.
Pedro Pierluisi, the Vulture Governor
Pedro Pierluisi wants to remain Puerto Rico’s new Governor, but he’s mired in conflicts of interest that cast doubt on his fitness to represent the Puerto Rican people.
Pedro Pierluisi, el Gobernador Buitre
Pedro Pierluisi desea permanecer como el nuevo gobernador de Puerto Rico, pero está envuelto en conflictos de interés que siembran la duda en cuanto a su capacidad para representar al pueblo de Puerto Rico
As Battle over Line 3 Pipeline Goes National, Which 2020 Candidates are taking Money from Enbridge?
Enbridge-affiliated donors have given to two 2020 candidates: Donald Trump and Amy Klobuchar.
Trump-Tied Far Right Nativists Convene as Admin’s Attacks on Migrants Escalate
A Trump-tied anti-immigration 3-day conference begins tomorrow. Who is attending, and who is sponsoring it?
Enbridge Defends Its Astroturf Playbook as it Pushes Line 3 Oil Pipeline
Despite its denials, Enbridge’s Line 3 public relations strategy comes straight out of the fossil fuel industry’s astroturf playbook.
As Trump border cruelty deepens, Buffalo elites maintain lucrative ties to CBP and ICE
Buffalo real estate developers – including Carl Montante and Howard Zemsky – are bringing in millions of dollars per year through leases to ICE and CBP.
AES Has Been Dumping Its Puerto Rico Coal Ash in South Georgia
New documents reveal that powerhouse corporation AES is taking its toxic coal ash from Puerto Rico and dumping it in south Georgia.
AES Puerto Rico Dispone sus Cenizas en el Sur de Georgia
Nuevos documentos revelan que la AES está llevando sus cenizas de carbón de Puerto Rico hasta el sur de Georgia.
Virginia Legislators Promoting the Atlantic Coast Pipeline Have Big Personal Investments in the Pipeline’s Owners
Several Virginia state legislators have pushed hard to advance the Atlantic Coast Pipeline. They also own hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of stock in the pipeline’s owners.
Bank of America Says It Will Stop Financing Private Prisons & Detention Centers. So Should SunTrust.
Bank of America, Wells Fargo and JPMorgan Chase have said they’ll stop financing private prisons and detention centers. Will SunTrust do the same?