Op-Ed | Environment & Health We Need the Fossil Free Finance Act Now to Combat Wall Street’s Greenwashing Major U.S. banks committed to net zero emissions by 2050, but they continue to support the fossil fuel industry. By Alec Connon , Truthout January 10, 2022 Truthout
News Analysis | Environment & Health An Obscure Agency Is Threatening to Hand Medicare Over to Wall Street 30 million seniors who thought they were free of insurance companies may find their health care managed by corporations. By Ana Malinow , Truthout December 3, 2021 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Biden Picks Jerome Powell to Lead Federal Reserve Despite Progressive Warnings Progressive advocates and lawmakers have warned that Powell is soft on Wall Street and climate issues. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout November 22, 2021 Truthout
Interview | Politics & Elections Omar: Manchin and Sinema Are Doing Big Pharma, Big Oil and Wall Street’s Bidding Two conservative Democrats have stalled and forced President Biden to radically scale back his agenda. By Amy Goodman & Nermeen Shaikh , DemocracyNow! October 21, 2021 Truthout
Op-Ed | Economy & Labor Wall Street’s Barons Are Causing Homelessness for Profit What’s really driving home prices today are massive, multibillion-dollar funds buying up all available housing. By Thom Hartmann , TheHartmannReport October 14, 2021 Truthout
Op-Ed | Economy & Labor Biden Shouldn’t Reappoint Powell to Federal Reserve. He’s Soft on Wall Street. Under Trump, Jerome Powell supported rolling back several financial regulations put in place after the Great Recession. By Gerald Epstein , Truthout September 15, 2021 Truthout
News | Economy & Labor Corporate Property-Buying Spree May Make Housing Even Less Affordable Amid COVID Corporate investors have been buying up homes from landlords unable to maintain their properties without rental income. By Laura Jedeed , Truthout August 17, 2021 Truthout
Interview | Economy & Labor Average Global Temperature Has Risen Steadily Under 40 Years of Neoliberalism Yet we continue to allow fossil fuel companies to profit off destroying the planet, says economist Robert Pollin. By C.J. Polychroniou , Truthout August 14, 2021 Truthout
Op-Ed | Economy & Labor What Angers Mitch McConnell More Than Our Unfair Tax Code? Those Who Exposed It. If we want modern public infrastructure and economic security, increasing taxes on the ultra-rich is the way to go. By Sarah Anderson , OtherWords June 26, 2021 Truthout
Politics & Elections Critics Say Bipartisan Infrastructure Proposal Will Enrich Wall Street Investors Organizers warned that the plan "would facilitate a Wall Street takeover of public services like water." By Jake Johnson , CommonDreams June 18, 2021 Truthout