When corporations have outsized influence over legislative and regulatory bodies, courts, and elections, they can successfully evade accountability and manipulate the State into putting corporate profits ahead of the public interest. The results of corporate capture are devastating.
For instance, important environmental protections have been gutted to benefit the fossil fuel industry and key labor protections reversed to allow companies to benefit at workers’ expense. It is imperative that we monitor and push back against the corporate capture of our democratic institutions.
News & Features
- Secret Spending by the weapons industry is making us less safe
- Lawmakers urge President Biden to sign executive order mandating federal contractors to disclose political spending
- Augmented Reality Art to Cover Smithsonian American History Museum with X Marks from Broken Treaties
Secret Spending by the weapons industry is making us less safe
Op-ed by Janiyah Williams and William D. Hartung calls for the Biden Administration to sign executive order requiring all federal contractors, including defense contractors like Lockheed Martin, to disclose all of their political spending. It's time to pull the curtain back on hidden political spending by those who benefit from government contracts.
Lawmakers urge President Biden to sign executive order mandating federal contractors to disclose political spending
Rep. Andy Levin (D-Mich.) and Rep. Jason Crow (D-Colo.) led the 63 House members in calling for an executive order that would mandate political spending disclosures for large federal contractors.
Augmented Reality Art to Cover Smithsonian American History Museum with X Marks from Broken Treaties
“His X Mark” Among Four Augmented Reality Pieces goes live to Highlight Corporate Influence and Government Malfeasance