Author: Eric Gardner
What Happened to Boeing?
Headlines about Boeing's 737 Max 9 door plug blowout disaster have been all over the news. It's quickly becoming clear that there's a safety crisis…
March 13, 2024
Why Day Care Costs More Than College
Child care costs more than college in the United States. Parents can pay upwards of $20,000 per child per year — but most child care…
February 12, 2024
Grocery Prices Keep Rising. This Could Stop It.
If Kroger and Albertsons merge, they'd create the biggest supermarket chain in the country and your sky-high grocery bill will get even higher. We already…
December 15, 2023
Big Pharma’s 20-Year War On America
Big Pharma turned the U.S. into the world's most lucrative market by rigging the system. For 20 years they denied our government the ability to…
October 25, 2023
The Truth About Medicare Advantage
Corporations have turned Medicare Advantage into a money-making scheme, denying patients care to generate profits. For Megan Bent, it may have cost her father his…
October 5, 2023
Pharma Giants Launch Legal Blitz to Prevent Medicare Price Negotiations
The pharmaceutical industry launched a barrage of lawsuits to prevent the federal government from negotiating the price of prescription drugs for Medicare patients. Four companies,…
August 7, 2023
GM, Ford and Stellantis Generated a Staggering $31 Billion of Cash Last Year
In 2022, General Motors, Ford, and Stellantis (formally Chrysler) combined to generate around $31 billion of free cash flow, an increase of 91% from the…
July 28, 2023
How Johnson & Johnson is abusing bankruptcy court to protect shareholders
Johnson and Johnson reached a tentative $8.9 billion agreement to compensate tens of thousands of people who claim the company’s talcum-based products gave them cancer.…
July 25, 2023
How One Drug Could Break America’s Health Care System
In October of 2018, Eli Lilly was a mid-level pharmaceutical company, valued at not even half of Pfizer, but the company had a secret —…
June 28, 2023
Workers and Activists Force Dollar General to Address Workplace Safety Issues
Shareholders at Dollar General, America's fastest-growing retailer, voted to require the company to independently audit the working conditions at its stores. The results come just…
May 31, 2023
How CEOs Manipulate the Stock Market
You’ve heard the term stock buybacks everywhere this year. In the airline and railroad industry, the oil and gas industry, in entertainment, and in food…
May 4, 2023
Inside UPS’s New Business Strategy: Executive Pay Skyrockets As Infrastructure Investment Dwindles
United Parcel Service (UPS) experienced a significant drop in revenue last quarter. The decline raises concerns about the company's new business strategy, which focuses less…
April 27, 2023