People vs. corporations

Keeping private profits from getting in the way of the public good.

Will the Real Voice of Small Business Please Stand Up?

by Stacy Mitchell

posted Nov 02, 2010

Small businesses and local chambers are distancing themselves from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s politics.

Pennsylvania Township Declares Freedom from Fracking

by Mari Margil, Ben Price

posted Oct 27, 2010

Licking, Pennsylvania defies state law by banning corporations from dumping fracking wastewater.

Slavery Goes Public

by Christa Hillstrom

posted Oct 21, 2010

Are the products you buy tainted by slavery and child labor? A new California law can help you find out.

A Big Surprise for Chevron

posted Oct 20, 2010

Hours before the oil giant released its new ad campaign, the Yes Men released their own version.

Making Sense of the Foreclosure Mess

by Doug Pibel

posted Oct 13, 2010

Why are mortgage holders suspending foreclosures? And what will happen to homeowners?

How We Brought Down a Dictator

by Bryan Farrell, Eric Stoner

posted Oct 07, 2010

10 years later: A conversation with Srdja Popovic, a leader in the the nonviolent overthrow of Slobodan Milosevic.

In Kenya, Farmers Grow Their Own Way

by Heather Day, Travis English

posted Oct 04, 2010

Thousands of grassroots, African-led efforts are building locally rooted alternatives to the chemical agriculture promoted by the Gates Foundation and Monsanto.

Appalachia Rising for a New Economy

by Brooke Jarvis

posted Sep 28, 2010

Appalachian residents are serious about putting a stop to mountaintop removal coal mining—and building a more sustainable economy to take its place.

Corporations Ain’t People: A Musical Protest

posted Sep 14, 2010

Video: GLEE-inspired activism for a democracy run by human beings, not corporations.

California Ballot on Global Warming Solutions

by Lynsi Burton

posted Sep 09, 2010

Citizens argue that generating jobs shouldn't mean derailing climate action.

Students Score Victory for Honduran Workers

by Valerie Schloredt

posted Sep 09, 2010

How the "Just Pay It!" campaign on college campuses leveraged $1.5 million for Nike garment workers.

Canada-to-Texas Pipeline Plans Draw Criticism

by Laura Kaliebe

posted Sep 09, 2010

Activists and residents along the 2,000-mile proposed route fear damage to farming, ecosystems, and water from the transport of what has been called the world's dirtiest source of transportation energy.

A New Age of People Power: Lessons from the Dongria Kondh

by John Perkins

posted Sep 03, 2010

With greater power to build alliances across boundaries, the Davids of the world are having more success throwing off the Goliaths.

Can We Cut CEO Pay Down to Size?

by Sam Pizzigati

posted Sep 01, 2010

Corporate executives are rewarded for cutting jobs and acting irresponsibly, according to a new study. How can we curb excessive pay and hold CEOs accountable?

A Month Without Monsanto

by April Dávila

posted Aug 24, 2010

April Dávila wondered what it would take to cut the GMO giant out of her family’s life. She found that it was far more entrenched than she’d ever realized.