Nearly 50,000 GM workers are striking for better pay and job security as executives and financiers benefit from record profits.
Rob Galbraith
Posts by Rob Galbraith
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.
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.
Williams pipeline support highlights Environmental Defense Fund’s long, cozy relationship with fracking pseudoscience
Corporate-friendly environmental group has a long history of elevating fracking industry talking points disguised as empirical research
Buffalo Banks Are Financing the Climate Crisis
Buffalo’s biggest banks are lending hundreds of millions to fossil fuel companies and funding a lobbying effort against climate action in New York.
Universities in Buffalo and Around New York State Back Lobbying Groups Opposing Climate Action
Schools around New York State – including the public university system – belong to groups lobbying against an ambitious climate bill
Former Buffalo mayor Masiello lobbies for the city government and companies doing business with the city
Anthony Masiello was hired as a lobbyist by the City of Buffalo, creating conflicts of interest with his other clients who do business with the city.
Hedge fund-backed think tank Manhattan Institute publishes blog post sympathizing with killer the day after Christchurch attack
The Manhattan Institute, an influential New York think tank, has been publishing an anti-Islamic conspiracist for more than a decade
La presidenta de SUNY se está retirando silenciosamente de la junta de AES en medio de la presión sobre cenizas de carbón tóxicas
Kristina Johnson, la presidenta de la Universidad Estatal de Nueva York ha renunciado silenciosamente a la junta de directores de AES
SUNY Chancellor is quietly stepping down from AES Corp board amid pressure over toxic coal ash
Kristina Johnson is leaving the board of AES Corp, which has been dumping hazardous waste in Puerto Rico
Wealthy Cuomo donors are poised to profit from New York State cannabis legalization
Andrew Cuomo promised to empower poor communities – but who will reap the financial benefits of cannabis legalization?
Five Things Activists Should Know About the Weymouth Compressor Station
Big bank backing, a rushed health impact assessment, and well-connected lobbyists are pushing a controversial fracked gas project near Boston through the regulatory process.