The purpose of this letter is to raise the question of corporate personhood and the concomitant responsibility that necessarily attaches to that status, with special reference to local and regional ...

States are rushing to implement laws and regulations to deny AI personhood as chatbots and autonomous tech grow in popularity ...

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) – A senator with socialist leanings was among the first. Then there was Jerry of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream fame. Stephen Colbert has tweeted in favor. And now people in at least 52 ...

They can’t breathe. They don’t have heartbeats. But are corporations people? Last week’s Supreme Court decision in the Hobby Lobby case has reignited the debate over the notion of whether corporations ...

I study folk understanding of corporate personhood and perceptions of corporate wrongdoing. The CEO of UnitedHealth Group recently followed an apology playbook, just the wrong one. On December 13, ...

So many authorities say “1886,” when the truth is more likely “never.” In a recent example, a blogger traced the origin of Citizens United (2010), the Supreme Court ruling that lets dark money buy our ...

When Missoula City Councilwoman Cynthia Wolken knocked on doors in her ward this year, she heard a disappointing theme among constituents. "I heard an overwhelming sense of despair about government," ...

When Missoula voters get their ballots in the mail, they will face a choice to send a message to Washington, D.C. A referendum on the city ballot asks people in Missoula to weigh in on this statement: ...

Corporations making money is fine, but their role in American government is a different story. That was David Cobb's message Thursday night when he spoke to about 50 people at St. Ambrose University's ...

I learned things not in the popular media by reading the Wall Street Journal, investment advice letters and books on economics and taxes. Income taxes supply less than half of the federal income.

"I tell you, there's so much to relate in terms of how far we have gone along the spectrum toward corporate influence, corporate, I say, domination of our political process that it's hard to even know ...