In a document filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the ride-hail company reports that it seeks, as part of its growth strategy, not just to get people out of private cars but to get them off public buses and trains. Those public services would be replaced by Uber Buses,...

We believe that the government has a moral responsibility to provide for the vulnerable — the children, the elderly, the sick and the disabled. But we do not believe that taxpayers should have to expend huge sums of money subsidizing profitable corporations owned by some of the wealthiest people in...

Right now, nearly 1 in 8 people on earth go to bed hungry. The majority of these people are farm workers supplying the very food system that is failing them. Yet there is enough food for everyone.

Millions for One Bank and a Disaster for Food, Water, and Climate

American officials have warned that the commission is overstepping its power. Apparently, our own public officials have learned to be very aware of their “post-government career opportunities.” (If you know what I mean.)

Thanks to an expose last fall by journalists at InsideClimate News and the Los Angeles Times, we learned that as early as the 1970s, Exxon scientists had concluded that the continued use of their product, fossil fuels, would have a devastating impact on the climate. Instead of warning the public...

“BP has bought itself the prestigious title of London 2012 sustainability partner. But this is dangerous greenwash. BP is one of the least sustainable companies on earth, responsible for the Deepwater Horizon disaster and the extraction of highly-polluting tar sands. Its entire business is geared towards keeping the world addicted...

Apple’s headquarters are in California. By putting an office in Reno to collect and invest the company’s profits, Apple sidesteps state income taxes. California’s corporate tax rate is 8.84 percent. Nevada’s? Zero.

Listen to the political candidates as they put forward their economic solutions. You will hear a well-established and rarely challenged narrative. “We must grow the economy to produce jobs so people will have the money to grow their consumption, which will grow more jobs…” Grow. Grow. Grow.

Employee stock ownership plans, which have been around for years, are lately seeing a bit of a comeback. But the vast majority of American companies are still locked in the old hyper-capitalist model that views workers as costs to be cut rather than as partners to share in success.