corporate-america

Does Organized Labor Have a Future? Ask Stanley Aronowitz

Hamilton Nolan · 10/13/14 10:50AM

Economic inequality in America has reached staggering levels. Union membership has reached all time lows. What is the future of labor in America? Let's discuss it right now, with author and labor expert Stanley Aronowitz.

Walmart Made This Sign

Hamilton Nolan · 09/09/14 02:20PM

A Walmart employee sends us this photo of a sign posted in a Walmart store, instructing employees on the finer points of the new Walmart dress code. "The followin positions can wear blue or black denim jeans"

A Walmart Manager Describes Walmart's Mismanagement

Hamilton Nolan · 08/22/14 11:51AM

Last week, we received an email from a current Walmart manager in Oklahoma asking to share his story. Below is his description of the policies that America's largest employer uses to pit managers against low-level employees, for the benefit of the richest family in America.

How Are Airlines Making So Much Money?

Hamilton Nolan · 07/24/14 01:52PM

If you've taken a commercial airline flight recently, you could be forgiven for assuming that airlines are broke as hell, forced to penny-pinch and slash service to the bone. Not so! Several airlines reported record profits this week. But how?

Paying Taxes Is Patriotic. Dodging Taxes Is Unpatriotic.

Hamilton Nolan · 07/22/14 12:23PM

It is easy to feel as though average citizens have no real power over the monetary scams, schemes, and predations of rich and powerful people and corporations. Not true. All of us hold a power that amount of money can buy: the power of our approval.

"A Twisted Industry": Reality TV Workers Are Really Fed Up

Hamilton Nolan · 07/07/14 11:59AM

Reality television can seem exciting and glamorous. Working on reality television, much less so. As the following stories from "professionally abused" insiders show, reality TV workers will continue to be beaten down as long as they have no union to defend them.

So, Who's Going to Jail For T-Mobile's Crimes?

Hamilton Nolan · 07/02/14 10:10AM

The FTC has charged T-Mobile with stealing hundreds of millions of dollars of their customers' money by billing them for services they didn't sign up for. Okay. So. Which T-Mobile executive will be going to jail?