by Zach Carter | Apr 29, 2010 | Blog, Financial Reform
Today is the big day: thousands of people will march on Wall Street this afternoon to protest big bank abuses. After watching Wall Street stack the economic deck against, well, just about everybody, it's time for reform. Big Banks secured the most generous bailout in...
by Zach Carter | Apr 27, 2010 | Blog, Financial Reform
Last night, Senate Republicans proved beyond any doubt that when it comes to the economy, they stand with Wall Street and against everybody else. Joined by lone Democrat Sen. Ben Nelson (D-NE), Republicans successfully filibustered the procedural technicality of...
by Zach Carter | Apr 26, 2010 | Blog, Financial Reform
Last week, Larry Summers, the top economic adviser to President Barack Obama, gave a startlingly dishonest interview with PBS Newshour's Jeffrey Brown. When asked directly why the White House was not pushing to break up the nation's largest banking behemoths, Summers...
by Zach Carter | Apr 23, 2010 | Blog, Financial Reform
Sarah Palin's broadside against the Obama administration's Wall Street reform proposal is an interesting study in, well, hackery. One the one hand, her latest Facebook post is a disingenuous smear, loaded with outright lies. On the other, she's kind of onto something,...
by Zach Carter | Apr 19, 2010 | Blog, Financial Reform
I generally find Andy Kroll to be both a rigorous and persuasive journalist. He knows what he's talking about on Wall Street reform, and he routinely pens informative yet approachable articles about very complicated subjects. So I was both surprised and disappointed...
by Zach Carter | Apr 19, 2010 | Blog, Financial Reform
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...
