corporate "revolving doors" with the military

American Apparel, an Alabama manufacturer of military uniforms (not affiliated with the retailer of the same name), says it had to lay off 225 workers in 2012 ... Still, the direct link between corporate profit and prison labor—and, by extension, the potential for profit-driven exploitation—has made it a target for ...

Tzaghon Baruch adds: “I need to prove all the time that I'm Israeli, but no one disputes my being African. It's the first thing they see. Young Ethiopians feel it all too well, and because of that, many are restoring their Ethiopian names. You have a lot of non-Ethiopian friends before the army, yet somehow, ...

The internet provided a cloak of anonymity for whistleblowers fighting state and/or corporate power. ... In fact, Google has a revolving door with the national security state employing managers with backgrounds in military and intelligence work and it partners with defence contractors including Lockheed ...

The carefully choreographed stop sent a clear signal to the foreign governments, lobbyists, and corporate interests keen on currying favor in ..... team, returns to lobbying — one of nine transition-team members to violate Trump's pledge that he would bar such revolving-door moves for at least six months.

"Everyone quitting, new people coming on board, this constant revolving door that is the White House is exhausting, and that's the best word I can use for it." ... "I think most of the country, myself included, believes that big business and corporate money is influencing elections and politicians in ways that do ...

Academic expertise should guide U.S. foreign policy. Unfortunately, it does not really work that way. On a host of issues, there is an enormous gap between scholarship on international relations and the policy consensus in Washington. The United States persistently pursues foreign strategies that run ...

Instead, Congress passes vague Authorizations for Use of Military Force (AUMF) and then looks the other way while the executive branch interprets them ... Representatives now rely on wealthy individuals, corporations and associations — Madison's dreaded “factions” — to mount successful campaigns for ...

Instead, Congress passes vague Authorizations for Use of Military Force (AUMF) and then looks the other way while the executive branch interprets them ... Representatives now rely on wealthy individuals, corporations and associations — Madison's dreaded “factions” — to mount successful campaigns for ...

Instead, Congress passes vague Authorizations for Use of Military Force (AUMF) and then looks the other way while the executive branch interprets them ... Representatives now rely on wealthy individuals, corporations and associations — Madison's dreaded “factions” — to mount successful campaigns for ...

Pompeo is a California native with a degree from Harvard Law and a ranking of captain in the U.S. Army. In 1998, Pompeo and three of his West Point ... Investors seem to be mostly indifferent to the revolving door of White House personnel as of late. Since Gary Cohn announced he was leaving as Trump's ...

The revolving door of Donald Trump's political operation is opening once again for Carl Higbie. ... Higbie stepped down in January as chief of external affairs for the Corporation for National and Community Service after an extensive CNN investigation into his past statements impugning blacks, immigrants, ...

The most expensive of these was a $36,000 flight on a military jet from Ohio, where Pruitt had joined Trump at an event promoting an infrastructure plan, .... fuel producers and other corporate clients that raise the very type of revolving-door conflicts of interests that Trump promised voters he would eliminate.

“Focusing on novel scandals alone can distract from the enormous scale of the Trump administration's embrace of revolving-door hiring,” said Jeff Hauser, ... funding for international groups involved in abortion (known as the Mexico City Policy), raising military spending, and withdrawing from UNESCO.

Of 59 EPA hires tracked by the AP over the last year, about a third worked as registered lobbyists or lawyers for chemical manufacturers, fossil fuel producers and other corporate clients that raise the very type of revolving-door conflicts of interests that Trump promised voters he would eliminate.

Corporate Lobbyists, Koch Shills Infest Trump's Swamp ... “Focusing on novel scandals alone can distract from the enormous scale of the Trump administration's embrace of revolving-door hiring,” said Jeff Hauser, executive director of the Revolving Door Project at the nonpartisan Center for Economic and ...

Ideally, we would strip away corporate power to have any say in public policy and elections, particularly the oft-exercised ability to buy politicians through donations. Likewise, we should get rid of the revolving door between the ranks of large corporations and the senior public service. The same goes for the ...

Like a revolving door, English introduces a cast of characters who may appear on a handful of pages, or pop in and out of the entire story. ... Battle's enterprise – which he called “The Corporation” – included a litany of shootings, beatings, assassinations, arson, shifting alliances trade-offs with dirty cops, ...

As such, AI has become increasingly significant for major corporations and banks, as well as the military. ... While no ties to the US military and intelligence agencies have been made public, there is little doubt that the “revolving door” between academia, business and the government is in place here, ...

Chinese corporations acknowledge that the risks associated with foreign direct investments (FDI) in emerging economies carry a potentially high failure rate due to ... The current regulatory framework and the revolving door from the Chinese army to the Chinese PSCs all but guarantee the their loyalty.

Of 59 EPA hires tracked by the AP over the last year, about a third worked as registered lobbyists or lawyers for chemical manufacturers, fossil fuel producers and other corporate clients that raise the very type of revolving-door conflicts of interests that Trump promised voters he would eliminate.

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump and his appointees have stocked federal agencies with ex-lobbyists and corporate lawyers who now help ... Before returning to the Justice Department last year, Wray represented clients that included big banks and other corporations as a partner at a law firm that ...

A revolving door has been established between the workforces of the technology monopolies and military and intelligence agencies. ... The corporate and financial elite is terrified of the growth of working class struggle, which poses the greatest threat to its drive to control the world and its preparations for a ...