America’s Top Foundations Bankroll Attack on Big Tech
David McCabeDec 2019
Major nonprofits and other organizations have pledged millions of dollars toward groups trying to build a modern trust-busting movement. By David McCabe Published Dec. 10, 2019 . Updated Dec. 11, 2019 WASHINGTON — Critics of big tech companies are eager to keep up
Walmart’s Cocaine Santa Sweater Underscores Bigger Online Issue
Beth DalbeyDec 2019
The difficulty for retailers to enforce their own policies about what third-party vendors can and can’t sell grows with online shopping. Santa Claus was depicted as a drug-user on a sweater offered by one of Walmart’s third-party online vendors until
Amazon removes Auschwitz-themed holiday decorations, bottle openers, and fridge magnets
Lucy HandleyDec 2019
Amazon has removed a selection of items that displayed images of Auschwitz and other Nazi concentration camps. The products’ removal followed a tweet on Sunday from Poland’s Auschwitz Memorial, the museum that preserves the site of the former German Nazi
New report shows how tech companies profit from anti-Muslim violence and bigotry
Hassan AbbasNov 2019
CHICAGO — The Action Center on Race and the Economy (ACRE), in collaboration with Crescendo and the Public Accountability Initiative, released a report this week that looks at the role that Big Tech platforms, Wall Street firms and right-wing media
Report blames major US corporations for global spread of anti-Muslim violence
Aysha KhanNov 2019
Muslims pray during Friday prayers at Hagley Park in Christchurch, New Zealand, on March 22, 2019. People across New Zealand observed the Muslim call to prayer as the nation reflects on the moment one week ago when 50 people were
Black Leaders Condemn Attacks by Sanders Supporters Amid Fallout From WFP’s Warren Endorsement
Katherine KruegerSep 2019
In a draft letter obtained by Splinter on Thursday, dozens of prominent black progressive leaders condemned the “hateful, violent, and racist threats” they said have been leveled by “self-identified [Bernie] Sanders supporters” against black leaders in the wake of the
The wealth gap is a retail problem
Daphne HowlandJul 2019
It’s convenient to blame Amazon for retailers’ struggles, but the real culprits may be the rising costs and stagnant income dragging down the middle class. This month marks 10 years of an economic expansion in the U.S. that has been
Report finds nation’s wealthiest corporations connected to anti-Muslim organizations, candidates, and policies
Nick MeyerJun 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Crescendo Project at the Action Center on Race and the Economy (ACRE) released a new report on Wednesday, the anniversary of the infamous U.S. Muslim Ban, titled the “United States of Islamophobia”, exposing corporate ties in all
‘There’s white male bias’: debating Democratic hopefuls vie for African American votes
David SmithJun 2019
Opinion polls suggest the competition for the crucial voting bloc will be far more intense than in 2008 and 2016 Kamala Harris addresses the crowd at the 2019 South Carolina Democratic Party State Convention on 22 June in South Carolina
Can lightening strike twice? Trump set to launch 2020 campaign
David SmithJun 2019
Trump kicks off his re-election bid in Florida this week, but the insurgent is now the incumbent. Will his time as president change his strategy? When Donald Trump launches his presidential re-election campaign this week, he will do it at