Regulators Who Ignored WaMu’s Predatory Lending Regulators Who Ignored WaMu’s Predatory Lending
Exhibit A in why an independent consumer watchdog is needed, both for consumers and the global economy.
Apr 16, 2010 / Kai Wright
Student Loan Reform Clears Senate Student Loan Reform Clears Senate
Free public higher education it is not. But for millions of students at the margins, it's real help.
Mar 25, 2010 / Richard Kim
Banking for the People Banking for the People
Across the country, the notion of state-owned banks is catching on.
Mar 11, 2010 / John Nichols
Iceland Busts the Banksters Iceland Busts the Banksters
Icelanders have become "the world's first rebels against the idea of clearing up after the mess made by a reckless private bank."
Mar 7, 2010 / John Nichols
Groundhog’s Day Budgeting: Again, Obama Underfunds Job Growth Groundhog’s Day Budgeting: Again, Obama Underfunds Job Growth
The 2009 stimulus bill that was supposed to spur job creation at a sufficient rate to prevent double-digit unemployment might have done so if it had been approved at the level and ...
Feb 1, 2010 / John Nichols
Prankly, My Dear, They Don’t Give a Damn Prankly, My Dear, They Don’t Give a Damn
You know how you can tell the Age of Reagan has ended? Because at his State of the Union address, Barack Obama didn't do any of those ordinary-folks-who-make-a-difference shout-out...
Jan 29, 2010 / Leslie Savan
Blocking Bernanke is Smart Economics, Smart Politics for Dems Blocking Bernanke is Smart Economics, Smart Politics for Dems
If the Democratic Party wants to lose – or, to be more precise, wants to lose badly in 2010 and 2012, it need only maintain its current loyalty to the most powerful interests...
Jan 25, 2010 / John Nichols
Move Your Money Move Your Money
Why leave your money in big banks that brought the financial system to ruin?
Jan 14, 2010 / The Editors
Move Your Money Move Your Money
As national banks soak up bailout dollars, cut lending, and exploit overdraft fees, a number of Americans have decided to move their money to local banks.
Jan 5, 2010 / Peter Rothberg
Save the Dream, Keep the Home Save the Dream, Keep the Home
The Neighborhood Assistance Corporation of America helps prevent foreclosures by bringing banks to the negotiating table with mortgage holders.
Dec 16, 2009 / Greg Kaufmann and Ryan Carpenter