Nation Topics - Banking Predatory Lending | The Nation

Years after we were first told that the banks were "too big to fail," we still seem to be held captive by the same financial system that caused our economic mess in the first place.

The $30 billion-a-year industry continues to fleece borrowers with high rates and shady terms.

Small-dollar loan programs are providing a cushion for the poor in Maryland—and spreading around the country.

In the foreclosure scandal, the crooks are still calling the shots.

 As the right works to portray Obama as a socialist, John Nichols explains how positive socialist ideals have been blacklisted from our political discourse. 

It is amazing that folks like Gene Sperling and William Daley, the very people who created this banking meltdown, are rewarded with ever more important positions in our government.

In Griftopia Matt Taibbi argues that America has been corrupted by the merger of crime and policy, of stealing and government.

As long as Obama allows banks to write their own rules on foreclosure, he's a willful participant in their ongoing scam.

Bank of America—the largest US bank—has just said that it will halt foreclosures in 23 states due to documentation irregularities. How did we get into the foreclosure crisis in the first place?

The Titanic that is the US housing market has just sprung its biggest leak.