by Harrington Investments | Jun 26, 2012
Today the Supreme Court passed on the opportunity to revisit its disastrous 2010 Citizens United decision which is wreaking havoc on democracy and it has done so in a way that avoids giving the American public a much deserved explanation. We agree with our friends at...
by Harrington Investments | May 23, 2012
Let’s talk about states rights. How about a state’s right to keep its elections free from corporate political intervention? Last year, HII co-filed an amicus brief regarding this case in which we argued that the large publicly traded corporations in...
by Harrington Investments | May 18, 2012
The media is reporting the results of the recent WellPoint vote on political disclosure as if we “lost,” but history shows that 16% support is a big shareholder vote and sends a strong message to management that this issue isn’t just going to go...
by Harrington Investments | May 8, 2012
We hope that the below article in Fortune magazine, focusing on a political disclosure resolution we filed with Wellpoint, portends a strong shareholder mandate for increased accountability at the Annual General Meeting next week: By Eleanor Bloxham, CEO of The Value...
by Harrington Investments | May 7, 2012
It’s worrying to think that shareholder democracy is needed to rectify shortcomings of the real thing. Yet this week two of the nation’s biggest corporations will give their investors precisely that opportunity. Motions on the ballots at the annual meetings of Bank of...
by Harrington Investments | May 2, 2012
Yesterday we got a piece of good news. Fed up with corporations secretly meddling in their public affairs, a record number of patriotic Americans have sent the SEC a resounding message that the time has come to reign in corporate influence peddling. Well,...
