The Federal Reserve Is Under Fire

• Why Not Tax Wall Street?

  Corporate Responsibility & Accountability

  William Greider: In Washington, big ideas for financial reform are suddenly gaining momentum.

• Green Jobs for Recovery

  U.S. Economy

  Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins: Clean-energy sectors, which hold the promise of being major engines of job growth, are creating opportunities for those communities hit hardest by the recession: low-income communities and communities of color.

• Charitable Capitalism

  U.S. Economy

  William Greider: Goldman and the other big dogs of Wall Street are afflicted with the stink of greed, having harvested swollen fortunes from the calamity they caused for the rest of the country.

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• The Federal Reserve Is Under Fire

  U.S. Economy

  American News Project : As details emerge of how the Fed secretly doled out trillions during the financial crisis, Congress demands accountability.

• Bankrupt GM Begins Slashing Jobs

  U.S. Economy

  American News Project : The government has poured money into GM to help keep the company afloat, but the company is still slashing jobs.

• Online Loan Lobby vs. Indebted Americans

  U.S. Economy

  American News Project : The Online Lenders Association tries to whitewash the realities being faced by Americans deeply in debt due to 'payday' loans.