Anonymous shell companies have been used to evade taxes, launder drug money and defraud Medicare — but they'll soon be a thing of the past.
It’s the culmination of more than a decade of work by transparency advocates, led by the Financial Accountability and Corporate Transparency (FACT) Coalition, of which Fair Share is a steering committee member.
These days, many of us are using a lot more hand sanitizer than we used to. We need to be able to count on it being safe.
But in just the past few months, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has identified a disturbingly high number of hand sanitizer brands that may be contaminated with toxic chemicals that can make you sick — or worse.
When manufacturers make it so we can’t repair our electronic devices, the unnecessary waste piles up — literally. Last year, we generated almost 59 million tons of e-waste worldwide. To put that massive number in perspective, it’s 162 times the weight of the Empire State Building.
It’s hard to say exactly how much of that waste could have been avoided, but we know it’s a lot. Manufacturers have an incentive to keep us buying new products instead of repairing the ones we already have, and they often make repair difficult or impossible.
Americans shouldn’t have to worry about emerging from the current economic crisis with their credit reports seriously damaged.
But, whether due to financial struggles brought on by the pandemic or costly mistakes in their credit reports, many are at risk of suffering long-standing damage to their credit. Congress needs to step up and ensure that we won't be paying the consequences of an economic crisis with our credit for years to come.
