After Indiana passed the “Religious Freedom Restoration Act,” corporations and officials from other states have cancelled conventions and travel to the state in protest. Democracy Now! speaks with Indiana State Senate Democratic leader Tim Lanane, who led his party’s opposition to the “Religious Freedom Restoration Act” before its passage.
“Repeal and protect — that would be the best thing,” Lanane tells Democracy Now! today.
Planning to shop on Black Friday? After being fired from Wal-Mart for organizing a labor strike last year, Barbara Collins tells Democracy Now! why she is continuing to protest outside of the retail giant’s headquarters in Bentonville, Arkansas. Protests are planned outside Wal-Mart stores nationwide this Friday as employees demand higher wages and better working conditions.
A new report details how corporations are increasingly spying on nonprofit groups they regard as potential threats. The corporate watchdog organization Essential Information found a diverse groups of nonprofits have been targeted with espionage, including environmental, antiwar, public interest, consumer safety, pesticide reform, gun control, social justice, animal rights and arms control groups. The corporations carrying out the spying include the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Wal-Mart, Monsanto, Bank of America, Dow Chemical, Kraft, Coca-Cola, Chevron, Burger King, McDonald’s, Shell, BP, and others. Democracy Now! interviews Gary Ruskin, author of the report, “Spooky Business: Corporate Espionage Against Nonprofit Organizations.”