Filed Under: “Common Dreams”
U.S. tech giants evaded $150 billion in global taxes, new report finds
By Kenny Stancil
Global tax avoidance laws are a mess and as a result, companies can evade paying what they owe to multiple countries
WHO report: Covid deaths worldwide likely 2 to 3 times undercounted
By Kenny Stancil
Health agency estimates lack of testing, poor record-keeping means up to 8 million have died of SARS2 coronavirus
Sale of Tribune Publishing means that hedge funds will control half of U.S. daily newspapers
By Jessica Corbett
Shareholders of second-largest newspaper chain approve sale to notorious hedge fund Alden Global Capital
More than half of the world’s single-use plastic waste is made by just 20 companies: report
By Jenna McGuire
Cheap plastic goods that are used once and then thrown away are the plastic most likely to end up in the ocean
Pharmaceutical companies unable to meet global Covid vaccine demand
By Kenny Stancil
Private-sector companies keep failing to meet their own vaccine manufacturing goals as need for Covid vaccines soars in poor countries
Texas bill will make anyone who ‘aids or abets’ an abortion vulnerable to private lawsuits
By Jessica Corbett
Conservative Texas politicians are aiming to severely restrict access to abortion while also turning loose ‘vigilante’ lawsuits filed by private citizens
Congressional Democrats divided over state and local tax deductions
By Jake Johnson
Progressives oppose removing federal cap on state and local tax deductions, a rare progressive economic policy implemented by Donald Trump
COVID running rampant in developing nations as rich countries hoard vaccine patents, materials
By Jake Johnson
“I think we haven’t seen the worst of it yet. It is beyond horror, what is happening… Yet, this is not yet the worst.”
New bill would prohibit government from using private data collectors to evade privacy laws
By Kenny Stancil
‘Intelligence and law enforcement agencies must come to understand that the American people are off-limits to warrantless mass surveillance, no matter how it is done.’
Study finds Americans often pay more than 400 percent more for prescription drugs than residents of other nations
By Jake Johnson
A new analysis by the Government Accountability Office finds that Americans are paying far more for essential medicines than residents of other nations