Raising Taxes on Corporations That Pay Their CEOs Royally and Treat Their Workers Like Serfs

Robert Reich / Truthdig Apr 22, 2014 Until the 1980s, corporate CEOs were paid, on average, 30 times what their typical worker was paid. Since then, CEO pay has skyrocketed. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Mozilla Chief Steps Down Amid Proposition 8 Controversy

Staff / Truthdig Apr 4, 2014 The chief of Firefox browser maker Mozilla is stepping down in the face of controversy stirred by his support of a California bill to ban gay marriage. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

CEO and Worker Pay

Pat Bagley, Cagle Cartoons, Salt Lake Tribune Dec 11, 2013 Dig deeper

Report: ‘Fast Food CEOs Rake In Taxpayer-Subsidized Pay’

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Dec 5, 2013 While fast food workers stage a one-day strike, a report from the Global Economy Project shows how the industry's CEOs have subsidized their own multimillion dollar salaries with taxpayer funds in addition to saving money by paying employees low wages. Report author Sarah Anderson explains. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Europe Weighs Capping CEO Income as Wall Street Continues to Run Amok

Staff / Truthdig Nov 19, 2013 The Swiss are considering limiting the compensation of chief executive officers to a 12:1 ratio, but Americans can't even get banksters to reveal the comparison of their pay to the average salary; Germany wants to impose a financial transactions tax; meanwhile, in London the per-capita income is 90 percent higher than in the rest of Britain. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Do Men With Wide Faces Inspire Selfishness in Others?

Staff / Truthdig Sep 23, 2013 After having found that many men whose faces were broader than others' tend to lead successful firms, the same two UC Riverside professors have discovered that wide-faced males elicit self-serving behavior in others. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Why We Should Stop Subsidizing Sky-High CEO Pay

Robert Reich / Truthdig Jul 18, 2013 Almost everyone knows CEO pay is out of control. It surged 16 percent at big companies last year, and the typical CEO raked in $15.1 million, according to The New York Times. What’s less well known is that you and I and other taxpayers are subsidizing this sky-high executive compensation. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Average CEO Makes More in 1 Day Than Worker Makes in 1 Year

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Jul 8, 2013 The salaries of corporate CEOs in the U.S. have ballooned so ridiculously in the past 50 years that the average chief executive now earns roughly 237 times what the average American worker collects. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Greenwald Blasts Critics, Dodd-Frank Under Attack, and More

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Jun 25, 2013 A look at the day's political happenings, including some major new developments in the IRS targeting scandal and President Obama's take on whistle-blower Edward Snowden. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Ex-Enron CEO Jeffrey Skilling’s Prison Sentence Reduced

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Jun 23, 2013 As the former CEO of Enron, Skilling played a major role in what's been called "one of the biggest corporate scandals ever." But because of a deal reached with federal prosecutors Friday, he'll get out of prison 10 years early. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Regulate Civilian Drones, Google Chief Says

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Apr 14, 2013 Google CEO Eric Schmidt wants to limit the domestic use of drones by civilians, citing privacy and security concerns. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Walmart Bosses: Time for a Decision

By Ralph Nader Mar 15, 2013 Walmart is feeling some heat with the rising demand for increasing the stagnant federal minimum wage finally coming from Washington, backed by over 70 percent of the people in polls. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )