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Frontline communities are leading the way in the fight against the climate crisis November is observed as Native American Heritage Month, and as our previous research supports, indigenous communities are some of the first to experience the negative…
Earlier this month, a US District Court judge in Nebraska granted an injunction sought by the US Department of Labor to halt alleged “oppressive child labor” by Packers Sanitation Services Inc (PSSI)[1], a cleaning company owned by private…
Amid pandemic closures, supply chain disruptions, and record inflation, the resilience of American retail will be tested this Black Friday. Typically, Black Friday marks the start of the holiday shopping season and is the single busiest shopping…
On September 21st, 2022, a tenant representative from Southern Towers attended the annual Council for Institutional Investors (CII) Fall Conference, and spoke on a panel titled, “Responsible Investment in Residential Real Estate.” The tenant informed conference attendees about…
Private financing fuels LNG’s uncertain future Part 1: Private Equity Fuels LNG at the Expense of Communities and the Climate What Is LNG and What Role Does It Play in the Global Energy Market? Liquified natural gas (LNG) is…
New Report Reveals How North Carolina Retirement Systems’ Private Equity Investments Support Controversial Corporate Landlord Progress Residential Charlotte, NC – Private Equity Stakeholder Project (PESP), Action NC, and Renters Rising released a new …
Private equity continuing to influence the prison healthcare space New report looks at healthcare company Wellpath and its expansion into prison systems A new report, “Private Equity Firms Rebrand Prison Healthcare Companies, But…
Prospect Medical Holdings, a hospital chain that owned 17 hospitals in 5 states, has been under fire recently for causing irreparable harm to communities and workers for its hospital closures in Pennsylvania. The Private Equity…
In October 2022, grocery giant Kroger announced plans to buy Albertsons for $24.6 billion.[1] In addition to profiting from the sale, Albertsons announced an additional payout to investors for November 7th that is not contingent on federal approval.
Law360 has been reporting “how Phoenix is at the forefront of the rolling transformation of tens of thousands of single-family homes into corporate rentals.” Law360, October 19, 2022: Wall Street’s Single-Family Home Grab, Phoenix — Part 5; Where…
As communities, public interest groups, and politicians have raised red flags about government use of facial recognition technology, private equity and venture capital investors that own companies in the industry may be exposed to financial and regulatory risk. The following…
A delegation of workers from the Refresco bottling plant in New Jersey delivered petitions last week to the corporate headquarters of KKR, the private-equity firm that owns a majority stake in their company. Workers traveled to…
