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.
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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.
Who’s Profiting off the Mountain Valley Pipeline?
Opposition to the Mountain Valley Pipeline is heating up. Here is a primer on the corporate profiteers behind the pipeline.
Buffalo Police Commissioner hired by security firm with a checkered history and a City Hall contract
Former Buffalo Police Commissioner Daniel Derenda (center) with Mayor Byron Brown via City of Buffalo . Daniel Derenda, who recently resigned as the commissioner of the Buffalo Police Department after holding that position for nearly eight years, has been hired by G4S Secure Solutions, the American subsidiary of G4S, a British private security firm. G4S, …
Introducing Our New LittleSis Community Manager!
LittleSis has a new Community Manager to help keep our community up-to-date on the latest LittleSis tech, field bug fixes, and answer any questions in real-time!
$300M Contract Rewarded to Unknown Company to Rebuild Puerto Rican Power Grid. What Gives?
An unknown company with two employees was awarded $300 million to restore Puerto Rico’s power grid. Is it because of its ties to Zinke, Perry, and Trump?