Can Debt Spark a Revolution? Can Debt Spark a Revolution?
If Occupy evolves into a debt resistance movement, the results could be explosive.
Sep 5, 2012 / Feature / David Graeber
Students, Beware: Private Student-Loan Companies Are Not Your Friends Students, Beware: Private Student-Loan Companies Are Not Your Friends
A devastating report reveals the predatory practices behind the $150 billion private student-lending industry.
Sep 4, 2012 / Kay Steiger
We Can Curb Financial Speculation [VIDEO] We Can Curb Financial Speculation [VIDEO]
If every trade carried a cost, how quickly do you think Wall St. would rein in the robots?
Aug 3, 2012 / Laura Flanders
Kamala Harris, Protecting and Serving the 99 Percent Kamala Harris, Protecting and Serving the 99 Percent
When it comes to defending homeowners from the big banks, the California attorney general is on a roll.
Jul 23, 2012 / Sasha Abramsky
Time for ‘Banksters’ to Be Prosecuted Time for ‘Banksters’ to Be Prosecuted
“Everyone does it” is not an adequate excuse. Will bankers depart with their multimillion-dollar rewards intact?
Jul 10, 2012 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Finance is Lost. Are Banksters Redeemable? Interview With Former JPMorgan Director John Fullerton (VIDEO) Finance is Lost. Are Banksters Redeemable? Interview With Former JPMorgan Director John Fullerton (VIDEO)
The British banking scandal reveals just how much the world of finance needs an overhaul.
Jul 9, 2012 / Laura Flanders
The Fed’s Elite Clubhouse Rules The Fed’s Elite Clubhouse Rules
Two decades of economic growth in the US has been wiped out, but all is going swimmingly for the Fed's in-crowd.
Jun 14, 2012 / Robert Scheer
Why Is the FDIC Insuring Jamie Dimon’s Mistakes? Why Is the FDIC Insuring Jamie Dimon’s Mistakes?
The real problem with JPMorgan’s risky bets is that the bank is gambling with our money.
May 30, 2012 / William Greider
Protesters Arrested at Iowa Wells Fargo Protesters Arrested at Iowa Wells Fargo
In Des Moines, home to Wells Fargo’s mortgage division, protesters took a stand against the bank’s abusive lending practices.
Apr 23, 2012 / Laura Flanders
For He’s a Jolly Good Scoundrel: On Sanford Weill For He’s a Jolly Good Scoundrel: On Sanford Weill
The men most responsible for the collapse of the American dream are heaped with honors at the highest levels of society.
Apr 19, 2012 / Robert Scheer