Press Play with Madeleine Brand
A History of Corporate Personhood
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 have the same rights as us humans. We take a historical look at corporate personhood in America.
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readThey 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 have the same rights as us humans. We take a historical look at corporate personhood in America.
