As the fight for financial form takes center stage in the Senate, our fellows and bloggers are chronicling the major flashpoints, identifying the obstacles to reform and laying out the arguments for change. more »
The next few weeks will be crucial for the effort to rein in the Wall Street casino and hold the bailout barons accountable. Here's a list of major Wall Street reform rallies taking place around the country in the coming weeks. With the Wall Street bill going to the Senate floor, make sure your voice is heard!more »
Institute for Policy Studies fellow Sam Pizzigati, who has written extensively on the income inequality resulting from conservative Wall Street favoritism, and OurFuture.org's commentators have examined the issues surrounding the multimillion-dollar bonuses handed out to financial industry executives, in some cases the same ones whose actions led to the Wall Street bailout. These bonuses reward behavior that put the economy at risk and worsen our income inequality. These articles help put the bonus issue in perspective and offer arguments for reform. more »
Every once in a long while a commission can change America. The 1954 Army-McCarthy hearings destroyed Senator Joe McCarthy by revealing his out-right viciousness and insincerity. The Watergate hearings helped to bring down a president. And the Pecora hearings in 1933 uncovered Wall Street scam after scam that enriched the bankers who crashed the financial system. The Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission could make history, too. more »
We need common-sense progressive reforms to clean up the financial system. 
