Recent News
America Tells the Securities Exchange Commission to Mandate Disclosure of Corporate Political Activity
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,...
ALEC Explained: Why Many Corporations Don’t Even Know How Their Political Donations Are Spent
With corporate political spending at the top of the agenda this proxy season and a consumer boycott of the American Legislative Exchange Council underway, Mark Schmitt of The New Republic provides an enlightening explanation of how and why companies participate in...
Harrington, Bay Area Professionals hold Rally for Higher Taxes on Wealthy
John Harrington and close to 100 upper income professionals held a rally on the steps of San Francisco City Hall calling on the government to raise their taxes. The rally was called to focus attention on congresses' fiscal irresponsibility by failing to raise tax...
Bahrain Grand Prix: A Human Rights Car Wreck With Millions of Witnesses
The Formula One race in Bahrain is underway, despite serious ongoing human right violations in the country. Bahrain has imprisoned a number of political prisoners including internationally regarded human rights advocate, Abdulhadi al-Khawaja. Al-Khawaja is on a...
Goldman Sachs CEO Compensation is Excessive
Jack Ucciferri, Harrington Investments' Research and Advocacy Director, was asked by Reuters to comment on the recent compensation package awarded to Goldman Sach's CEO Lloyd Blankfein. According to the SEC, Blankfein's total compensation for 2011 was $16.5 million,...