corporate accountability Archives - Flux https://flux.community/tag/corporate-accountability/ A platform for change Mon, 15 May 2023 20:30:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 The ugly truth behind ‘we buy ugly houses’ https://flux.community/mollie-simon/2023/05/the-ugly-truth-behind-we-buy-ugly-houses/ Mon, 15 May 2023 20:29:16 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=13461 HomeVestors of America, the company behind the “We Buy Ugly Houses” ads, says it’s in the business of helping people. Sometimes, the quick cash its franchises provide in exchange for a property at vastly below market value does help the owner. But a ProPublica investigation found the types of houses targeted by HomeVestors franchises often belong […]

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]]> Company contracted by Norfolk Southern knows who pays the bills https://flux.community/sharon-lerner/2023/03/company-contracted-by-norfolk-southern-knows-who-pays-the-bills/ Mon, 13 Mar 2023 18:47:25 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=12930 Last month, Brenda Foster stood on the railroad tracks at the edge of her yard in East Palestine, Ohio, and watched a smoky inferno billow from the wreckage of a derailed train. The chemicals it was carrying — and the fire that consumed them — were so toxic that the entire area had to evacuate. […]

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]]> ‘Facebook papers’ spur global outrage and calls to break up tech behemoth https://flux.community/jon-queally/2021/10/facebook-papers-spur-global-outrage-and-calls-break-tech-behemoth/ Tue, 26 Oct 2021 08:25:46 +0000 https://flux.community/2021/10/facebook-papers-spur-global-outrage-and-calls-break-tech-behemoth/ The post ‘Facebook papers’ spur global outrage and calls to break up tech behemoth appeared first on Flux.

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