Natalia is the Associate Director for Corporate Governance and Power at AFR/AFREF, where she works to change the structures of corporate decision-making to build a more equitable and sustainable economy. Prior to joining AFR/AFREF, Natalia was a Senior Policy Strategist at the Center for Popular Democracy, where she provided policy and legal counsel to several campaigns, including those related to Puerto Rico’s debt crisis. Prior to that, Natalia was an attorney at Make the Road New York, an organization that builds the power of immigrant and working class communities to achieve dignity and justice. She earned her J.D. from Stanford Law School and her B.A. from Harvard University.
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SpaceX Took Official Step To Go Public, But Being a Public Company Isn’t What It Used To Be
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Elon Musk’s SpaceX took the first official step to go public yesterday by confidentially filing paperwork with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
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Led by Texas AG, Red States Lock in Another Win for Corporate Insiders
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Vanguard settled a lawsuit Texas and ten other red states brought alleging the largest asset managers in the world undermined the coal industry in violation of antitrust laws. Even though many legal experts have criticized these types of arguments, Vanguard caved, agreeing to a $29.5 million payment and terms that signal it won’t give corporate insiders like boards and executives any trouble. BlackRock and State Street are still fighting the lawsuit.
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What Does the SEC Have To Do With the Oligarchy?
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A little over a year since the Trump administration came to power, Congress should hold Chairman Atkins to account for the role the SEC is playing to consolidate the power of the oligarchy through dramatic market-moving changes — all of which the agency has made through quick tweaks that avoid procedures that would have given stakeholders a chance to weigh in and check this power grab.
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Who Will Control AI?
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The artificial intelligence (AI) gold rush is creating a double threat of concentrated economic power. There is the monopoly power of Big Tech companies. Companies like Meta, Amazon, Alphabet, Oracle, xAI, and others are vying to dominate the artificial intelligence gold rush and the economy.