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Amazon says Black Lives Matter, but it’s Helping Fund Police Foundations Across the U.S.

by Derek Seidman
June 4, 2020

Through its AmazonSmile program, Amazon is donating to police foundations – which purchase surveillance technology and weaponry for police departments – across the U.S.

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Sackler Firm Controls Top Stake of Publicly-Traded Oil Rig Corporation that Took Small-Business Bailout Loan

by Derek Seidman
May 20, 2020

A Sackler family investment firm is the top beneficial shareholder of a publicly-traded oil rig corporation that has faced criticism for taking a $10 million small business bailout loan.

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Pandemic Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous

by Derek Seidman
May 6, 2020

While millions suffer from the COVID-19 pandemic and economic disaster, America’s billionaires are retreating to their luxurious enclaves and super yachts as their wealth soars.

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The COVID-19 Fossil Fuel Industry Bailout & How To Fight It

by Derek Seidman
April 2, 2020

These are the ways the fossil fuel industry might get bailed out – and what it means for climate organizers.

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Billionaires Live Large While Denying Paid Sick Leave to Millions of Workers

by Derek Seidman
March 25, 2020

From Walmart to Whole Foods, corporate billionaires have denied paid sick leave to millions of workers for years. Maybe the coronavirus pandemic will change this.

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Farmworkers Step Up Pressure on Wendy’s Shareholders to Protect Workers’ Rights

by Derek Seidman
March 10, 2020

The Coalition of Immokalee Workers is bringing its demand that Wendy’s join the Fair Food Program to the fastfood chain’s biggest shareholders.

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Liberty Mutual Director & Former State Street CEO Joins ExxonMobil Board

by Derek Seidman
February 26, 2020

Joseph Hooley, board director of Liberty Mutual & former CEO of State Street, has joined the ExxonMobil board. This comes as climate organizers intensify their focus on the finance-fossil fuel nexus.

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Wendy’s Billionaire Owner Hosts Trump’s Priciest Fundraiser to Date – While Still Refusing Farmworker Demands

by Derek Seidman
February 24, 2020

Nelson Peltz, the hedge fund billionaire who owns Wendy’s, recently hosted Trump’s most expensive reelection fundraiser to date at his $136.4 million estate. Meanwhile, Wendy continues to turn its back on farmworker demands to join the Fair Food Program.

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Not Just Exxon: Paul Weiss’s Addiction to Defending Rogue Corporate Actors

by Derek Seidman
February 20, 2020

Law students are calling on Paul Weiss to #DropExxon as a legal client. From the Sacklers to Big Tobacco, the law firm has also defended a host of other toxic corporate actors.

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Why is the University of Michigan Financing the Billionaire Oilman Who’s Bankrolling the Texas Far Right?

by Derek Seidman
February 3, 2020

The University of Michigan and Michigan State have tens of millions invested in the private equity fund that finances the business operations of Tim Dunn, the billionaire oilman who is bankrolling the Texas extreme right.

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Hedge Fund Billionaires Power New Democratic Super PAC

by Derek Seidman
January 24, 2020

The group’s top donor has a history of backing Republicans.

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Here are the Corporate Backers of School Privatization that Striking Arkansas Teachers are Up Against

by Derek Seidman
November 14, 2019

A well-funded network, with the billionaire Walton family at its center, is driving the school privatization agenda that striking teachers in Little Rock, Arkansas are up against.

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