Economy / Business - OtherWords

If Your Boss Makes Millions, It’s Not Because of the ‘Market’

On average, America’s CEOs make 312 times what their workers take home — and that has nothing to do with supply and demand.

Very few businesses have raised wages thanks to corporate tax cuts, but executives and lawmakers are buying new yachts.

The toy store’s former employees are fighting for a fair severance — and shaming the private equity firms who made out like bandits.

Almost 900 cities, universities, and governments have divested over $6 trillion from the fossil fuel industry. Why not yours?

Five banks control half of all U.S. financial assets, and six conglomerates control 90 percent of our media.

Energy efficiency creates more jobs than fossil fuels — and at a faster rate and lower cost.

CEOs often make hundreds of times what their workers take home, and just got a huge tax break too. They’re still demanding more.

It takes the typical black woman 20 months to earn what a white male worker earns in a single year.

Without strict standards, the organic label would become worthless. So why is the White House rolling them back?

The retail behemoth wants your local government’s business, but there’s a hidden cost to low prices: Local businesses get shut out.