Amend to End Too Big to Fail Amend to End Too Big to Fail
Without Sherrod Brown's fix, financial services reform could be nothing more than a sham.
Apr 23, 2010 / John Nichols
Say What? When Did Wall Street Intersect Main Street? Say What? When Did Wall Street Intersect Main Street?
President Obama's conciliatory rhetoric denies the reality that big banks and corporations bet against Anerican communities.
Apr 22, 2010 / John Nichols
Coal Company Shopping Spree Coal Company Shopping Spree
Massey Energy hasn't taken a hit after the mine explosion that killed 29 miners--in fact, they're buying more companies.
Apr 21, 2010 / Laura Flanders
The Sanders Standard for Serious Bank Reform The Sanders Standard for Serious Bank Reform
The independent senator from Vermont backs four amendments to make a tepid bill muscular enough to change the way Wall Street does business.
Apr 20, 2010 / John Nichols
McConnell: “Courting Wall Street Bankers for Political Money” McConnell: “Courting Wall Street Bankers for Political Money”
There is much to criticize about Dodd's bill. But pay-to-play Senator Mitch McConnell is just reading Wall Street talking points.
Apr 19, 2010 / John Nichols
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
They Should Pay Their Fair Share. They Should Pay Their Fair Share.
Katrina vanden Heuvel appears on The Ed Show attacking the disparate income equality resulting from unfair tax cuts.
Apr 13, 2010 / The Ed Show
Breaking the Banks Breaking the Banks
If banks aren't fighting the financial regulatory bill tooth and nail, then you know the reform isn't worth the paper it's written on.
Apr 10, 2010 / Chris Hayes
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
Credit Where Due, Geithner Credit Where Due, Geithner
What Tim Geithner should be getting credit for, it seems to me, is that Lehman Brothers report -- well, not the report, but the cover-up.
Mar 16, 2010 / Laura Flanders