CorpWatch Exclusives
 | Forever 21 Fails to Comply With Federal Sweatshop Investigation by Puck Lo, CorpWatch Blog November 30th, 2012 Clothing chain retailer Forever 21 has been sued by the U.S. government for ignoring a subpoena requesting information on how much the company’s suppliers pays the workers who make its clothes. Anecdotal evidence suggests that the salaries are well under the federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour. |
 | India’s Retail Sector: Ripe for the Picking by Freny Manecksha, Special to CorpWatch November 19th, 2012 A decision by the Indian government to allow foreign multinationals to invest in the country’s $500 billion retail market is expected to spell the death knell for thousands of small, family-owned shops and even threatens street hawkers, who have supplied local neighborhoods for generations. |
 | Greenwashing the Olympics
by Daniel Nelson, CorpWatch Blog July 4th, 2012 Rio Tinto has been named as early front-runner for the Greenwash Gold award for the worst Olympic sponsor, with BP in second place and Dow Chemical third. The three corporations have paid millions to stick their names all over Olympic promotional material and activities. |
 | Mexico’s Other Crisis: Foreign Banks by Kent Paterson, Special to CorpWatch May 15th, 2009 The worldwide financial crisis is hitting people in the Global South with particular venom, and disaster profiteering is alive and well. Take Mexico. While entities like Citigroup-owned Banamex get away with charging Mexican credit account-holders usurious interest rates of up to 100 percent, Banamex itself turned nearly $1 billion in profits in 2008. |
 | Dark Side of the Tourist Boom: Cruise Ship Controversies Cross Borders by Kent Paterson, Special to CorpWatch July 9th, 2008 The Mexican Pacific resort of Zihuatanejo recently cancelled a major new cruise ship terminal, giving a victory to environmental activists and other opponents. However, Mexico remains the world’s Number One cruise ship destination; and with little regulation, allegations of onboard crime, and increasing militarization as regards security while ships are in port, the rapidly expanding industry is facing new challenges. |
 | Lessons of Empire: India, 60 Years After Independence by Nick Robins and Pratap Chatterjee, Special to CorpWatch August 14th, 2007 60 years after India gained independence, British capital is still exploiting poor communities in its former colony. Centuries after Britain's East India Company -- the world's first multinational -- faced protests in London, a group of villagers continue the tradition of resistance. |
 | University, Inc. by Jennifer Borden, Special to CorpWatch April 11th, 2005 From research patents to high-stakes partnerships, Jennifer Washburn spent years researching the links between industry and the American University. In this exclusive interview with CorpWatch's Jennifer Borden, Washburn talks about what she found, why it matters and what you can do about it. |
 | Spinning Media for Government by Chris Raphael, Special to CorpWatch February 10th, 2005 Public relations giant Omnicom has received almost a quarter of a billion dollars in contracts from the federal government for public relations work. At least one has been labeled "covert propaganda," another involved paying off a journalist and opinion-maker. |
 | The Spin Doctor Is In: Examining Corporate PR at Bechtel by A.C. Thompson, Special to CorpWatch April 28th, 2004 In the face of criticism over its controversial construction projects, Bechtel has taken media manipulation to the next level, employing a three-pronged approach to weaving a rosy story for the public and investors. |
 | Tension in Paradise by Tom Price, Special to CorpWatch December 3rd, 2002 Tuvalu is like many places brushing up against development, simultaneously simple and complex. Island life hums along here, a small place where everyone knows everyone else, where children ask visitors names, and remember them days or weeks later. |
 | The Lacandon Jungle's Last Stand Against Corporate Globalization by Ryan Zinn, Special to CorpWatch September 26th, 2002 A battle is raging in Chiapas, Mexico to protect rainforest biodiversity and indigenous rights. Both are threatend by the Plan Puebla Panama. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |