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CEOs Get Massive Rewards for Dodging Corporate Taxes

September 3, 2011 | By Sarah Anderson, Chuck Collins, Scott Klinger & Sam Pizzigati

Many major companies pay CEOs more than they do Uncle Sam

S&P Says Microsoft More Creditworthy than US Government

August 12, 2011 | By David Morris

Private companies think they can be successful even if their government is not. They're wrong.

Senators from AT&T, Exxon and OPEC?

March 17, 2010 | By David Bollier

If corporations are people, as the U.S. Supreme Court recently ruled, why not let corporations run for office?

The Corporate Enclosure of Democracy

January 21, 2010 | By David Bollier

The Supreme Court holds that corporations are "persons" with free speech rights

Oligopoly, Inc. 2005: New Report on Concentration in Corporate Power

December 19, 2005 | By Hope Shand

Oligopoly rising: the concentration of corporate wealth and power rises to new, alarming levels.

Who Owns the Beach?

October 12, 2005 | By Jonathan Rowe

Surf's up! A string of court victories reaffirms the public's right to enjoy beaches in the U.S.

When Democracy and Capitalism Cohabitate

September 16, 2005 | By Peter Barnes

A look at U.S. history is a sobering experience. Government generally defends the property of the wealthy against everyone else. But occasionally things shift.

Corporations, Constructed Strictly

July 26, 2005 | By Jonathan Rowe

A true "strict constructionist" on constitutional matters would challenge the court rulings that extend rights of personhood to corporations.