The same fossil fuel companies and financial institutions driving environmental racism are also directing and funding police foundations.
Gin Armstrong
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The Billionaires Behind the Crisis: How the Rich & Powerful Put Their Wealth Above Public Health
These are some of the billionaires hoarding wealth while endangering workers and seeking to profit off the crisis. Some may be from your own state.
Growing Protest Movement Exposes Alignment Between Elites & Art Museums
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.
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.
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.
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?
UPDATE: Rep. Chris Collins Loses Millions as Innate Immunotherapeutics’ Stock Collapses
Rep. Chris Collins, a Donald Trump ally under investigation by the Office of Congressional Ethics, loses millions as Innate Immunotherapeutics’ Stock Collapses.