Amaia: This General Strike is for You
By María Carrión, November 14, 2012 One name was mentioned over and over again among protesters, and the strike was in part dedicated to her: Amaia Egaña, the latest victim of the housing crisis and...
View ArticleBernie Sanders Takes on 'Too Big To Jail'
By Ruth Conniff, March 28, 2013 The Vermont Independent Stands Up to Eric Holder and the Big Banks.read more
View ArticleBogus “Aggressiveness” Toward Big Banks
By Amitabh Pal, August 13, 2013 Why the Administration's supposed new approach is a sham.read more
View ArticleJ.P. Morgan - The Man and The Bank
By Jim Hightower, October 8, 2013 Banks don't commit crimes. Bankers do. And they won't ever stop if they don't have to pay for their crimes.read more
View ArticleNew Film 'Capital' Has Banksters In the Sights
By Ed Rampell, Oct. 25, 2013 Oscar-winning director Costa-Gavras does it again with this takedown of big finance.read more
View ArticleReport: CIA Spying on Americans' Transactions
By AFP, Nov. 15, 2013 New revelations detail CIA, FBI program to monitor money around the globe.read more
View ArticleThe Unholy Cult of the Government-Subsidized 'Boom'
By Jim Hightower, Nov. 19, 2013 Thomas Carlyle called economics "the dismal science." But he was only half right.read more
View ArticleJPMorgan Admits Lying in $13 Billion Settlement
By AFP, Nov. 19, 2013 Bank agrees to huge mortgage fraud settlement, admitting 'serious misrepresentations.'read more
View ArticlePublic Banking Is the Answer
By Ruth Conniff This article originally appeared in the December 2013 edition of The Progressive. For more great content like this, subscribe today for as little as $10 a year and get a 2014 calendar...
View ArticleJ.P. Morgan: The Man and the Bank
By Jim Hightower, Nov. 29, 2013 Even in his early days, Morgan was a hustler who often traded on the shady side.read more
View ArticleTim Geithner's Magical Trip Through the Revolving Door
By Jim Hightower, Dec. 9, 2013 To nobody's surprise, Obama's former treasury secretary has landed in Wall Street.read more
View ArticleWall St. Regulator Replaced by Wall St. Conciliator
By Jim Hightower, Dec. 16, 2013 The scandalous saga continues as bankers successfully water down all attempts at reform.read more
View ArticleThe Big Lie About Bank Reform
By Ruth Conniff, April 13, 2010 As Congress returns from spring break, the Senate is getting ready to take up the financial reform bill that contains financial-industry watchdog Elizabeth Warren's big...
View ArticleThe Bankers’ Latest Scam
By Ruth Conniff, May 2010 issue Of all the devious tricks practiced by the financial industry—hidden fees, usurious interest rates, and incomprehensible contracts that take advantage of consumers—the...
View ArticleRoll Call of Shame on “Too Big to Fail”
By Matthew Rothschild, May 8, 2010 Future historians will look back on the financial crisis of the last couple years and wonder why Congress didn’t act sooner or more aggressively to prevent such a...
View ArticleRepublicans Attack Fed to Help Banks
By Matthew Rothschild, November 17, 2010 We’re going to get a nasty serving of Republican policies in the next couple of years.And they’re already sending around a sampling.Republicans in Congress are...
View ArticleObama Goes Soft on Citi
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View ArticleObama’s SEC Lets Citigroup Off with a Slap on the Wrist
By Matthew Rothschild, October 20, 2011 The Obama Administration has once again gone easy on Wall Street, despite the protests that continue to escalate.This time, the object of Obama’s lack of desire...
View ArticleOccupy Chase Today, Transfer Funds Tomorrow
By Elizabeth DiNovella, November 4, 2011 A handful of people marched to Chase bank on Madison’s Capitol Square this afternoon. The small but spirited bunch—many of whom are involved with Occupy...
View ArticleThe Occupy movement deserves praise for rallying behind the foreclosed
By Darryl Lorenzo Wellington, December 16, 2011 The Occupy Wall Street movement has made a good move by focusing on foreclosed homes and boarded-up properties.In Atlanta, activists noisily heckled and...
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