Corporate elites who rake in dirty profits use board seats at prestigious cultural institutions to burnish their reputations. Now they’re being called out by a growing movement.
Gin Armstrong
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Here are the Corporate Backers of School Privatization that Striking Arkansas Teachers are Up Against
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.
GM workers strike for fair pay as executives and investors extract billions from the company
Nearly 50,000 GM workers are striking for better pay and job security as executives and financiers benefit from record profits.
Wall Street Billionaires Set to Mingle with Mike Pence at Major Financial Conference
Top Wall Street leaders who profit off of everything from fossil fuels to widespread austerity are set to hobnob with Mike Pence at a major financial conference.
Private Prisons Now Face 87.4% Financing Gap as Banks Continue to Flee Industry
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.
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?
Big Donors Fuel Racist, Islamophobic Agenda in Small Town Minnesota
A recent NYT article profiled a small town hate group in Minnesota. But Wall Street firms & corporate charities are propping up the Islamophobic agenda that is fueling the group’s racist, anti-Muslim efforts.
These are the Millionaire CEOs Whose Corporations Fund Politicians Banning Abortions
Six major corporations are top donors to the politicians behind the recent wave of anti-abortion legislation. Their wealthy CEOs should be held to account.
Wall Street Banks & Former Defense Officials Looking to Cash In on Child Detentions
Private equity firm Capital Partners is profiting off of child detention – and it has a host of advisors tied to the defense industry and the Trump administration.
Chemical weapons profiteers sit on the boards of major art and cultural institutions
Warren B. Kanders and David Rubenstein are super-wealthy executives who profit off of sales of tear gas that is being used at the US-Mexico border and around the world – and they also sit on the boards of major arts and cultural institutions.
How to Research the Corporate Forces Behind Pipeline Protest Criminalization
Many of the sponsors of pipeline protester criminalization legislation are backed by oil and gas industry donations. Here’s how you can research these ties.
Who is Profiting from Incarcerating Immigrant Families?
Corporate profiteers are cashing in off of Trump’s immigrant family incarceration policy. We mapped out them out.