Monthly Archives: April 2011

Private Prisons, Immigrant Detention, and Our Money

Join Us for a Presentation by Bob Libal on How Communities Pay and Private Prisons Profit by Increasing Immigrant Detention The business model for the private prison industry is simple: Build more prisons and create laws that fill more prison … Continue reading

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Shareholders win right to seek vote on companies’ political spending

The Securities and Exchange Commission has ruled that a corporation preparing the proxy statement for its annual meeting cannot exclude proposals that the corporation include in the proxy statement a report on its policies on electioneering contributions, and on how those … Continue reading

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