We look at the impact of inflation on the outcome of the presidential elections this week.

On Explorations this week Dr. Michio Kaku speaks with Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson, an American astrophysicist, author, and science communicator. Tyson studied at Harvard University, the University of Texas at […]

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Donald Trump Elected As The Next U.S. President The election of Donald Trump as our next president exposed a truth about where we the people are at. Because there could […]

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On Explorations this week Dr. Michio Kaku answers emails on air.  One persistent email is the question of God.  Is there a God? The Einstein God letter has been auctioned.  […]

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Likening the 100-year-old hospital gown to a prisoner's orange jumpsuit, a prominent British doctor says the "alien, open-at-the-back garment" is in desperate need of a redesign. 

Listen to O'Brien's conversation from 2009 with Eleanor Wachtel. O'Brien died on July 27, 2024 at the age of 93.

"The Einstein Show" marked 100 years since his publication of four papers that changed the laws of physics

The pandemic has driven consumers online for everything from groceries to outdoor heaters. But e-commerce experts caution that online sellers are netting not just revenue, but a treasure trove of personal data, too.

Derek Seguin and Chad Anderson grow the generation gap when they discuss if Gen Xers are the best age group. Then, Hisham Kelati and Kathleen McGee have a spirited debate on whether angels are superior to ghosts.

Corporate influence at COP27; cartoonist Jeph Jacques gets booted from Twitter for impersonating Elon Musk; Margaret Sullivan on how to cover Trump and Trumpism; what Ontario unions' victory over Bill 28 means for Canada's labour movement; graphic novelist Cecil Castellucci hopes Shifting Earth will be a path toward climate action; and more.

How parents of sick kids are coping with the children's hospital crisis; what Mastodon could teach Twitter users about 'netizenship'; Bernice Carnegie's call to action for hockey; Lindsay Lohan's Falling for Christmas; and more.

Unlike humans, cats aren't burdened with questions about love, death and the meaning of life. They have no need for philosophy at all. So what's to be learned from this "unexamined" way of being? English philosopher John Gray explains.

In 2015, the poet-musician Grzegorz Kwiatkowski made a strange discovery at the site of the former Stutthof concentration camp in Poland — something he calls 'a carpet of abandoned shoes.' But these were more than shoes: they're both artifacts and symbols of the Holocaust — as well as a flashpoint of nationalist denialism and historical amnesia.

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Per vandaag herintroduceert KPN 'dubbele data' voor Combivoordeel klanten die internet voor thuis combineren met mobiel. Bovenop de bestaande voordelen betekent dat twee keer zoveel gigabytes om onderweg te videobellen of je favoriete series te kijken.

Virginia rapper successfully expands his skill set on this lean mixtape.

This new recording, with a new cast, packs a hefty wallop.

While it is unclear whether Michael Moore's film will influence swing voters, the first wave of the movie's attendees was solidly anti-Bush.

The summer of Black Lives Matter protests responding to the police killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Rayshard Brooks, among others, has led to stunning commitments from major banks and corporations to commit to social justice and promoting practices to recruit, hire and retain underrepresented populations, including black Americans, Latinx and female colleagues.  American Express just announced its pledge to invest $1 Billion to advance racial and gender equity.  JP Morgan Chase in October announced a $30 Billion commitment to advance racial equity.  Similarly, Citi and Bank of America have each pledged $1 Billion to promote economic mobility among communities of color.  Goldman Sachs, famously referred to as a vampire squid during the mortgage crisis in 2008, has announced its "Launch With Goldman Sachs" program "to increase capital and facilitate connections for women, Black, Latinx and other diverse entrepreneurs and investors."  These commitments represent huge infusions of capital into causes that these major corporations have just recently found religion upon.  Numerous corporations have made recent pledges to financially support social justice and economic equality including Google, Disney, Facebook, Amazon,  Cisco, DoorDash, Etsy, Home Depot, Intel, TikTok, Lego, Nike, Proctor & Gamble, Fashion Nova, WeWork, and YouTube, among so many others.

Jamie Dimon, CEO of JP Morgan Chase stated in announcing its $30 billion-over-five-year commitment, that “[s]ystemic racism is a tragic part of America’s history. . . . We can do more and do better to break down systems that have propagated racism and widespread economic inequality, especially for Black and Latinx people. It’s long past time that society addresses racial inequities in a more tangible, meaningful way.”

For those long-time followers of the Corporate Justice Blog, these corporate pronouncements may seem ironic or perhaps will be received with trepidation or doubt.  Profit maximization has for years furiously driven corporate leadership to dizzying examples of fraud, corruption, and malfeasance as recorded on these blog pages for years.  Still, these Billion dollar commitments respond to a summer of true discontent and protest over inequality and the value of black lives, and if these corporations are to be taken seriously, these capital infusions could come as true gamechangers.  Will these corporations truly put their money where their commitments are?  And how do we hold these companies accountable to their commitments to advancing racial equality and economic mobility for those communities previously shut out?  

photo: Jamie Dimon, Wikimedia Commons

hat tip: Jessica Smith, 3L, Arkansas Little Rock Bowen School of Law

Several years ago, my friend, colleague and mentor, andre cummings, and I created and defined what we call "Corporate Justice."  "At its core, Corporate Justice refers to a responsibility, even a moral obligation, which businesses and corporations have to engage fairly, civilly and responsibly in the world and community that they do business and from which they derive profits. More than that, the concept of Corporate Justice also focuses on the roles that shareholders, policy makers, other stakeholders and the community at large have in fostering a more just and responsible business community."  Our conversation led to the creation of a course, a book, several presentations, and this blog.  In conceptualizing "Corporate Justice," our primary focus was on large corporations and their impact on the world around us.  That perspective influenced much of the work we have completed on the topic as well as the way that we conceptualized its impact.  However, after a recent community event I facilitated here in Miami, Florida, I was presented with a thought provoking question “what does corporate justice mean for small businesses?”  I had never considered this question and realized that I had made a substantial oversight in failing to do so.  Small business are the life line of many communities and they meet the immediate needs of the people in areas in which they operate.  Given that reality, I have begun to critically think about what Corporate Justice at the “micro” level means.  Specifically, do small businesses have the same obligations that we might expect from large corporations?  Over the next few days I plan to think more about this question and welcome your input and insight.  Next week, I will provide you with my initial response.  I look forward to reading about your insights on the issue.  

 

Some of the most significant corporate commitments have come from JPMorgan Chase, Microsoft, AMEX, Bank of America, PayPal, Salesforce and Chase.  These large corporate commitments do not account for the other minority-focused investments, such as JP Morgan's initiative to lend more openly to minority owned businesses and black and brown home purchasers.  The corporate giving trend is fueled by changing expectations of younger employees and progressive consumers that expect corporations to become serious about corporate responsibilities to social issues and causes.  Advocates argue that these corporate commitments will not be enough to achieve racial equity in housing, employment and policing, but acknowledge that if these corporations are serious about their commitments, that it can mark an important start.  "'The world is changing, and the expectations of how companies engage are changing,' said Brandee McHale, Citi’s head of community investing and development."

ABC News reports that "[s]ince late May, Grabois said, financial commitments by companies to racial equity causes have grown 'exponentially larger' than any other cause other than COVID-19. A report by McKinsey & Company, which tracked corporate responses from May to October, found that of the top 1,000 U.S. companies, 18% made internal commitments, like diversifying their hiring, and 22% pledged to promote racial equity through donations or other means."

Whether corporate giving to racial equity causes results in systemic change and reform remains to be seen.  Holding corporations to their commitments will likely be an important undertaking.

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No campaign promise will impose more mass oppression than the zero due process mass round-ups that Donald Trump touts at every rally. 

POLICE have failed to stop any daring drivers taking their chances on Sydney’s best illegal rat run, cutting a 7km commute to the city to just 330m.

WESTS Tigers CEO Justin Pascoe says he doesn’t want to rock the boat with the $27m plans for Concord Oval, and that Shute Shield side West Harbour won’t lose their home.

On Friday night, after I appeared on Alex Wagner’s MSNBC show to talk about my essay “Lessons on media policy at the slaughter-bench of history,” the number of subscribers to this newsletter exploded and nearly doubled overnight. via Pocket

a 1% change in several swing states...

The Democratic Party should jettison its consultant class and move toward a local-membership model that would help to rejuvenate civic life across the country. via Pocket

Law-breaking pedestrians are keeping officers from Sydney’s Motorcycle Response Team busy as statistics show a city which has an attitude problem about road safety.

El gobierno del alcalde Jaume Collboni está trazando un muy complicado plan para blindar el distrito de Ciutat Vella contra los monocultivos comerciales. via Pocket

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A look at the post-election ratings shows the walls are finally closing in on MSNBC and CNN.

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And now the signs are everywhere that the corporate media have turned the corner into irrelevance…

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House Speaker Mike Johnson on Tuesday ordered the entire administration of President Joe Biden to preserve all records and communications in the waning days of the outgoing Democrat administration as former President Donald Trump’s team prepares to take over.

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Something Corporate played to a sold out crowd at the Concord Music Hall in Chicago on September 21st. The show was part of the Riot Fest after shows

Twelve of the island’s top female sports administrators were honoured at the Bermuda Olympic Association’s Women in Sports Leadership [WISL] Awards on Sunday [November 10]. Judy Simons, the former BOA president who died in January aged 71, was among those recognised at the ceremony organised by the BOA’s Gender Diversity & Inclusion Committee at the […]

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Mr James Morrison, the Trustfund Loan Lender. Sounds like a 419 superhero.

A year later Ms Jane Tan is at it again.

Met de Amerikaanse verkiezingen van 5 november 2014 laat dit artikel zien hoe de lessen van Rosser Reeves’ Unique Selling Proposition (USP)-strategie nog steeds relevant zijn in moderne campagnes. Wat kunnen we leren van campagnes als die van Eisenhower, Trump, en Harris?

Steeds meer verkopers houden zich bezig met het delen van content op LinkedIn. Het is de manier om in contact te blijven met je netwerk en nieuwe relaties op te starten. Elke keer nieuwe content bedenken en maken kost veel tijd. Het duurt nog langer als je geen inspiratie hebt. Te weinig tijd en geen […]

Zero-click searches zijn, met de opkomst van featured snippets in zoekresultaten en de steeds grotere rol van AI, aan de orde van de dag. De zero-click-contenttrend heeft een enorme vlucht genomen. De algoritmes van platforms zoals Google en LinkedIn evolueren continu om gebruikers sneller en directer van antwoorden te voorzien. Het tijdperk van zero-click-content breidt […]

Discussion Prop 6 and the experiences of working in prison. Celebrating Diwali in Sacramento. Finally, ‘When We Were Colored’ is re-staging at Oak Park’s Guild Theater this month.

Phil Lesh, a classically trained violinist and jazz trumpeter who found his true calling reinventing the role of rock bass guitar as a founding member of the Grateful Dead, died Friday at age 84.

Baxter and company are joined on stage by a talented field of special guests including Rome Ramirez, Lauren Morrow, Slim Jim Phantom