In her superb article in The [F]law, “Safe” and “Effective”?: IUDs and the Corporate Power Problem,” Sarah Zahedi takes a close look at the IUD, a small plastic T-shaped birth control device, that is one of the most popular forms
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In her superb article in The [F]law, “Land is a bank account: A journey into the polluted heart(land) of American agriculture,” Liz Turner tries to work through the troubling implications of a boom in farmland investment, only to find American
From donating millions to charity to, literally, aiming for the stars, corporations claim to save the world in a variety of ways. But what happens when we look beyond that thin layer of altruism? Tyler Price looks behind the mask
Lea Kayali brilliantly reports on how a primary school in the West Bank has become a battleground for the future of Palestine. Read about the Kisan school, and the U.S. charities funding ethnic cleansing in the latest article on The [F]law.
Amy Hayes reports on how forced arbitration clauses have been a “get out of jail free” card for corporations in everything from consumer actions to civil rights disputes. Now, Americans are fighting to win back their right to court. Read
Underpaid? And overpaying for everything from food and health care to beer and concert tickets? Luke Hinrichs reports on the costs of market concentration — and how antitrust needs to be reinvigorated to help dampen corporate power. Read the article
Riley Evans uncovers how the commercial bail bonds industry produces human suffering in pursuit of corporate greed. It’s a story of a saloon in San Francisco and a multi-national insurer in Tokyo. It’s a story of campaign donations, complicit judges and
Connie Cheng’s powerful new article on The [F]law examines how electronic ankle monitoring, like other alternatives to detention, is billed as more humane. But a closer look reveals that corporations are still in control and immigrants are still not free.
Undercover investigators uncover cruel conditions at factory farms every year. But the agricultural industry is fighting back. Jeremiah Scanlan investigates what is happening in Iowa in the battle over what the public has a right to know about the food
When corporations manipulate tribal sovereign immunity, the working poor lose. Learn how payday lenders co-opted tribes’ immunity to hide from state regulators and charge triple-digit interest to low-income consumers. When Gabe Crofford was investigating payday loan complaints at Montana’s Office