Hostility to unions, lax environmental regulations, and –- perhaps less obviously –- far flung rural communities: all of these helped give birth to our express-delivery, buy-on-credit economy. Environmental historian Bart Elmore considers the importance of the American South to the genesis, reach, and ecological damage of five outsized corporations: Walmart, Coca-Cola, FedEx, Bank of America, … Continued


National Guard on Standby in North Dakota Before Court Ruling on Dakota Access Pipeline; Who Is Funding the Dakota Access Pipeline? Bank of America, HSBC, UBS, Goldman Sachs, Wells Fargo; Nationwide Prison Strike Launches in 24 States and 40 Facilities over Conditions & Forced Labor; 45 Years After Legendary Attica Prison Uprising, New Book Reveals … Continued


National Guard on Standby in North Dakota Before Court Ruling on Dakota Access Pipeline; Who Is Funding the Dakota Access Pipeline? Bank of America, HSBC, UBS, Goldman Sachs, Wells Fargo; Nationwide Prison Strike Launches in 24 States and 40 Facilities over Conditions & Forced Labor; 45 Years After Legendary Attica Prison Uprising, New Book Reveals … Continued