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Elizabeth Warren and the Independent Community Bankers of America Are Right: Antonio Weiss Should Not Become Undersecretary for Domestic Finance
Antonio Weiss has been nominated to become Undersecretary for Domestic Finance at the Treasury Department. A growing number of people and organizations have expressed reservations.
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A Warren Run Would Change Everything
Over the past few weeks, Elizabeth Warren has emerged as a leader of progressives on Capitol Hill.
Call Congress to Oppose Back-Room Wall Street Deal
Activists have been fighting on two fronts to protect hard-won provisions of the Dodd-Frank financial reform act.
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Wall Street to Workers: Give Us Your Retirement Savings and Stop Asking Questions
If you are a public school teacher in Kentucky, the state has a message for you: You have no right to know the details of the investments being made …
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Anywhere but Here: Las Vegas and the Global Casino We Call Wall Street
Las Vegas will come crashing - is coming crashing - to its withered, desiccated knees.
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Wall Street Journal Reports: Bank of North Dakota Outperforms Wall Street
The answer is something the privately-owned major media have tried to sweep under the rug: the public banking model is simply more profitable and efficient than the private model.
AIG Bailout Trial Bombshells: The Repellent Hank Greenberg May Have a Case
“In this beauty contest between Cinderella's ugly sisters, in this case Hank Greenberg versus the team that led the AIG bailout, Greenberg may well come out looking better.”
Housing Rights Group Says HUD Program Helps Wall Street, Hurts Homeowners
A federal housing program intended to shore up its own finances while helping homeowners on the brink of foreclosure has instead helped create “Wall Street landlords.”
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Eric Holder: The Reason Robert Rubin Isn’t Behind Bars
As a result of Holder's failure to prosecute any of the Wall Street crew whose actions helped to prop up the housing bubble, the main culprits walked away incredibly …
Eric Holder’s Complex Legacy: Voting Rights Advocate, Enemy of Press Freedom, Friend of Wall Street
Attorney General Eric Holder announced his plan to resign Thursday after nearly six years as head of the Justice Department.