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Corporations far beyond Starbucks want to keep baristas out of unions. The ongoing barista strike also represents something much broader: a pitched battle against an executive and governance regime interlocked with a wider network of corporate power

Beating back the right, fight by fight

Such firms control a huge portion of the world’s wealth. Instead of using that power to solve climate change, they’re blocking progress and profiting off inequality.

The crisis of 2020 has created the greatest wealth gap in history. The middle class, capitalism and democracy are all under threat. What went wrong and what can be done?

No private, unelected entity should have the power over the economy that BlackRock has, without a legally enforceable fiduciary duty to wield it in the public interest.

Police foundations across the country are partnering with corporations to raise money to supplement police budgets by funding programs and purchasing tech and weaponry for law enforcement with little public oversight.

The virus in our heads - and Trump's - and more as the culture churns.

"The big banks took our homes away through predatory lending. Now, we're taking them back." - signs held by protesters in BlackRock's lobby.