Hedge Funds

Alden Capital Denver Post protest

The Vultures at Alden Capital Want Us to Believe Their Neutrality Is in Good Faith The Vultures at Alden Capital Want Us to Believe Their Neutrality Is in Good Faith

Ending the practice of endorsing presidential candidates isn’t an honorable act of bipartisanship. It’s a craven act of corporate greed.

Oct 10, 2022 / Chris Lehmann

Puerto Rican Students

Yale Benefits From the Puerto Rican Debt—These Students Are Fighting to End That Yale Benefits From the Puerto Rican Debt—These Students Are Fighting to End That

They demand that the university cancel its holdings in the Puerto Rican debt and divest from the fossil-fuel industry.

Mar 1, 2019 / StudentNation / Adriana Colón-Adorno and Alejandro Comas-Short

Denver Post

Meet the Vulture Capitalists Who Savaged ‘The Denver Post’ Meet the Vulture Capitalists Who Savaged ‘The Denver Post’

Stop Alden Global Capital before it kills again.

Apr 13, 2018 / Julie Reynolds

Puerto Rico May Day Strike

Puerto Rico’s Political and Economic Crisis Deepens Puerto Rico’s Political and Economic Crisis Deepens

This month has seen massive protests against austerity, bankruptcy proceedings, and the return of a prodigal hero.

May 24, 2017 / Ed Morales

Wall Street Sign

This Loophole Will Let Hedge-Fund Managers Dodge $18 Billion in Taxes This Year This Loophole Will Let Hedge-Fund Managers Dodge $18 Billion in Taxes This Year

That money could be a whole lot better used.

Apr 12, 2017 / Robert Greenwald and Charles Khan

Trump Ross

The Magnitude of Trump’s Cronyism Is Off the Charts—Even for Washington The Magnitude of Trump’s Cronyism Is Off the Charts—Even for Washington

The President-elect’s incomplete cabinet is already the richest one ever.

Dec 9, 2016 / Nomi Prins

Pruitt, Ross, Price, Mnuchin

Democrats Should Fight All of Trump’s Nominees. Yes, All of Them. Democrats Should Fight All of Trump’s Nominees. Yes, All of Them.

He’s betrayed his working-class supporters by naming a cabinet of millionaire and billionaire insiders.

Dec 8, 2016 / Joan Walsh

San Juan, Puerto Rico protest

Ever Heard of ‘Vulture Funds’? Well, They’re Destroying Puerto Rico Ever Heard of ‘Vulture Funds’? Well, They’re Destroying Puerto Rico

People are literally dying because of Wall Street greed.

Jun 10, 2016 / Brave New Films

Puerto Rico debt crisis

Who Is Responsible for Puerto Rico’s Debt? Who Is Responsible for Puerto Rico’s Debt?

There’s evidence some of it is illegal—and activists agree that Washington’s colonial control over the island’s economy helped create the crisis.

Jun 7, 2016 / Ed Morales

A demonstrator supports bailing out Puerto Rico

Orwell in Puerto Rico: Congress ‘Promises’ a New Dictatorship Orwell in Puerto Rico: Congress ‘Promises’ a New Dictatorship

It says it’s going to resolve the island’s debt fairly, but the PROMESA bill establishes an authoritarian collection agency for hedge funders.

Apr 15, 2016 / Nelson Denis

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