 | Bush Turns Blind Eye to Blackout Culprit by Tyson Slocum, Special to CorpWatch August 21st, 2003 An Ohio-based energy conglomerate is responsible for the massive power blackout that shut down much of the Midwest and Northeast -- and its chief executives rank among Bush's top campaign fundraisers. |
 | Bechtel: Profiting from Destruction by CorpWatch, Global Exchange, Public Citizen, Collaborative Report June 5th, 2003 In this collaborative report we look at Bechtel's history of operations in the water, nuclear, energy and public works sectors. |
 | CLEAR CHANNEL: the Media Mammoth that Stole the Airwaves by Jeff Perlstein, Special to CorpWatch November 14th, 2002 Clear Channel leads the way in undermining media diversity in the US. Now, citizens are fighting back. |
 | Nuclear Renaissance or Nuclear Nightmare? by Karl Grossman, Special to CorpWatch October 23rd, 2002 Thought the nuclear power industry was dead? Guess again. Industry leaders met to launch a "renaissance" with help from the White House. Check out this CorpWatch exclusive. |
 | Will Congress Investigate US Agencies' Enron Ties? by Jim Vallette, Special to CorpWatch August 1st, 2002 The Senate is investigating the role of private investment banks in the Enron scandal. Could public institutions, like the World Bank and the Export-Import Bank be next? |
 | Edison's Failing Grade by Tali Woodward, Special to CorpWatch June 20th, 2002 For-profit school manager Edison Schools Inc. promoted itself as the savior of American public education. Now, the company is struggling for its own survival. |
 | Sempra: Exporting Pollution by J.P. Ross, Greenpeace, Special to CorpWatch May 27th, 2002 San Diego-based Sempra Energy is dodging US environmental laws by building power plants in Mexico -- and shipping the electricity back to California. |
| The Prison Industry: Capitalist Punishment by Julie Light, CorpWatch October 28th, 1999 The CMT Blues scandal and the host of human rights and labor issues it raises, is just the tip of the iceberg in a web of interconnected business, government and class interests which critics dub the ''prison industrial complex.'' |
| The Prison Industrial Complex: Crisis and Control by Christian Parenti, Special to CorpWatch September 1st, 1999 The author of Lockdown America paints a chilling picture of social and economic crisis, corporate interest and the need to lock up ''disposable'' populations. Parenti also looks at the major corporate players in the prison industrial complex. |
| Privatizing Pain by Mumia Abu-Jamal, Special to CorpWatch August 26th, 1999 In this original column for CorpWatch, death-row journalist Jamal describes some of the dramatic abuses that occur when the profit motive and punishment collide. |
| Prison Privatization: The Bottom Line by Alex Friedmann, Special to CorpWatch August 21st, 1999 This CCA prisoner describes his stint in a private lockup where the company's stock quotes were posted on the wall. His reporting on company policies landed him in hot water and then back in a state prison. |
| Masked Racism: Reflections on the Prison Industrial Complex by Angela Y. Davis, ColorLines September 1st, 1998 Long time scholar and activist Davis explains that locking up vast numbers of poor people of color "has literally become big business." She examines how corporate interest and institutional racism intersect. |
| Corporate-Sponsored Public Schools Applied Research Center July 8th, 1998 Here is a fact sheet on the education industry prepared by the Applied Research Center (ARC). It is an excellent resource listing a ''who's who'' of the for-profit education world. |
| Race and Classroom: The Corporate Connection CorpWatch July 8th, 1998 Activist and researcher Libero Della Piana talks about the history of institutional racism in U.S. schools and how it leaves children of color vulnerable to corporate intervention in the classroom. |
| Giving Kids the Business CorpWatch July 8th, 1998 CorpWatch discusses industry's efforts to cash in on public schools with Professor Molnar, Author of Giving Kids the Business and director of the Center for the Analysis of Commercialism in Education. |
| A Local Battle Highlights the National Debate Over EMOs by Julie Light, Special to CorpWatch July 8th, 1998 CorpWatch editor Julie Light reports on a pitched battle for the future of a San Francisco school. The players? The Edison Corporation, the local school board, parents, teachers and students. |
| The Education Industry: The Corporate Takeover of Public Schools by Julie Light, CorpWatch July 8th, 1998 Education in the U.S. has become big business. The ''education industry,'' a term coined by EduVentures, an investment banking firm, is estimated to be worth between $630 and $680 billion in the United States. The stock value of 30 publicly traded educational companies is growing twice as fast as the Dow Jones Average. |
| US: Oregon's Prison Slaveocracy by Dan Pens, Prison Legal News May 1st, 1998 When "get tough" voter measures requiring inmates to work for free, undermined the Oregon State Constitution, lawmakers simply amended it. Prison Legal News co-editor and inmate Pens looks at the impacts on prisoner and labor rights. |
| Some Trends in the Education Industry Applied Research Center December 1st, 1997 Here is a comparative chart listing some trends in the education industry prepared by the Applied Research Center. |
| Profiting from Punishment by Paul Wright, Prison Labor News March 1st, 1997 The co-editor of Prison Legal News, a Washington State prisoner himself, Wright reports on private companies, like Boeing, that are making out like bandits by using prison labor. |