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Pandemic Profiteers

Under Trump Michigan Billionaire Wealth Soars, Local Communities Suffer

October 13, 2020

Author(s): Gin Armstrong

Issues: COVID-19 and Corporate Power, Regional Power

Issues: COVID-19 and Corporate Power Regional Power

Los 21 Fondos Buitre al Acecho del Gobierno Central de Puerto Rico: Impugnaciones, Inversiones, Insider Trading

Los 21 fondos buitres que acechan al gobierno central de Puerto Rico presentaron nuevos informes financieros. Ahora sabemos más de sus tácticas: Comprar los bonos cuya legalidad ellos mismos impugnan y aprovechar la pandemia de coronavirus.

August 5, 2020

Author(s): Abner Dennis

Issues: Puerto Rico, Wall Street

Issues: Puerto Rico Wall Street

The 21 Vulture Funds Stalking Puerto Rico’s Central Government: Legal Challenges, Investments, Insider Trading

The 21 vulture funds that stalk Puerto Rico’s central government filed new financial disclosures. Now we know more of their tactics: Taking advantage of the coronavirus pandemic, challenging the legality of bonds while buying them.

August 5, 2020

Author(s): Abner Dennis

Issues: Puerto Rico, Wall Street

Issues: Puerto Rico Wall Street

The Great Pandemic Wealth Divide: Billionaires Thrive In New York State as Working People Suffer

New York’s 118 billionaires have increased their net worth by $44.9 billion, mistreated workers, and landed influential policy planning roles during the coronavirus pandemic.

June 2, 2020

Author(s): Rob Galbraith

Issues: COVID-19 and Corporate Power, Regional Power

Issues: COVID-19 and Corporate Power Regional Power

Unmasked: The Corporations Backing a Lobbying Campaign Against the Use of the Defense Production Act

Medical manufacturers and bailout recipients play a powerful role in the US Chamber of Commerce, which has opposed a critical policy tool for COVID-19 response

April 16, 2020

Author(s): Gin Armstrong

Issues: COVID-19 and Corporate Power

Issues: COVID-19 and Corporate Power

Billionaires Have Fueled Andrew Cuomo’s Political Career

49 Billionaires worth a combined $280 billion have made more than $4 million in individual donations to New York Governor Andrew Cuomo

December 4, 2019

Author(s): Rob Galbraith

Issues: Regional Power

Issues: Regional Power

The Rising Cost of Buffalo’s Worst Tax Break

Cost of widely abused 485-a
exemption climbs to $66.9 million
while elected officials fail to act

November 4, 2019

Author(s): Rob Galbraith

Issues: Regional Power

Issues: Regional Power

The Money Behind Empower Texans

How Private Equity and the Fossil
Fuel Industry are Propping up the
Texas Far Right

September 25, 2019

Author(s): Derek Seidman

Issues: Oil & Gas

Issues: Oil & Gas

Presidential Candidates Take Money From Major Fossil Fuel Investors

Upper-level employees and executives at 14 hedge funds and private equity firms that are propping up the oil and gas industry have made large contributions to eight Democratic White House hopefuls, most who have taken the No Fossil Fuel Money Pledge

September 19, 2019

Author(s): Derek Seidman

Issues: Oil & Gas