The Bank Lobby Steps Up Its Attack on Elizabeth Warren The Bank Lobby Steps Up Its Attack on Elizabeth Warren
The new consumer protection bureau’s mission is to make it easier for consumers to understand financial fine print. So why are bankers so scared?
Jun 1, 2011 / Feature / Ari Berman
Access Journalism: The Movie Access Journalism: The Movie
Perhaps the main value of Too Big to Fail is the instruction it provides on the limits of mainstream journalism in the decade that led up to the global financial meltdown.
May 25, 2011 / Robert Scheer
Eric Schneiderman: One Lawman With the Guts to Go After Wall Street Eric Schneiderman: One Lawman With the Guts to Go After Wall Street
The fix was in to let Wall Street off the hook once and for all... until last week when the attorney general of New York refused to go along.
May 18, 2011 / Robert Scheer
The Breakdown: Are Financial Institutions Holding Our Economy Hostage? The Breakdown: Are Financial Institutions Holding Our Economy Hostage?
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...
Apr 22, 2011 / Audio / Chris Hayes
GOP Struggles to Dent the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau GOP Struggles to Dent the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Republicans tried to use the recent budget compromise to hurt the CFPB, but came away almost empty-handed.
Apr 21, 2011 / The Notion / George Zornick
Bad Credit: How Payday Lenders Evade Regulation Bad Credit: How Payday Lenders Evade Regulation
The $30 billion-a-year industry continues to fleece borrowers with high rates and shady terms.
Apr 6, 2011 / Feature / Kai Wright
In Baltimore, a Test for an Alternative to Payday Loans In Baltimore, a Test for an Alternative to Payday Loans
Small-dollar loan programs are providing a cushion for the poor in Maryland—and spreading around the country.
Apr 6, 2011 / Feature / Adam Doster
Put the Banksters on Trial Put the Banksters on Trial
In the foreclosure scandal, the crooks are still calling the shots.
Mar 30, 2011 / Editorial / William Greider
Putting Some Bite Behind Elizabeth Warren Putting Some Bite Behind Elizabeth Warren
Paul Krugman called it “The War on Elizabeth Warren.” Yves Smith wrote about “The Elizabeth Warren Rorschach Test.” There's no doubt that the insightful H...
Mar 22, 2011 / The Notion / Laura Flanders
Banksters Fighting Back With Higher Fees Banksters Fighting Back With Higher Fees
The banks are back! They’re paying out bonuses and raking in profits, we hear. But just how did they bounce back so fast? Let’s take Bank of America—they’re...
Mar 2, 2011 / The Notion / Laura Flanders