Banking

Democrats Wise Up to Republican Strategy Democrats Wise Up to Republican Strategy

Nation DC Editor Chris Hayes joins The Rachel Maddow Show to discuss the strategy of both parties on Wall Street reform.

Apr 23, 2010 / Video / The Rachel Maddow Show

Amend to End Too Big to Fail Amend to End Too Big to Fail

Without Sherrod Brown's fix, financial services reform could be nothing more than a sham.

Apr 23, 2010 / Blog / John Nichols

Say What? When Did Wall Street Intersect Main Street? Say What? When Did Wall Street Intersect Main Street?

President Obama's conciliatory rhetoric denies the reality that big banks and corporations bet against Anerican communities.

Apr 22, 2010 / Blog / John Nichols

The Sanders Standard for Serious Bank Reform The Sanders Standard for Serious Bank Reform

The independent senator from Vermont backs four amendments to make a tepid bill muscular enough to change the way Wall Street does business.

Apr 20, 2010 / Blog / John Nichols

Regulators Who Ignored WaMu’s Predatory Lending Regulators Who Ignored WaMu’s Predatory Lending

Exhibit A in why an independent consumer watchdog is needed, both for consumers and the global economy.

Apr 16, 2010 / The Notion / Kai Wright

Student Loan Reform Clears Senate Student Loan Reform Clears Senate

  Free public higher education it is not. But for millions of students at the margins, it's real help.

Mar 25, 2010 / The Notion / Richard Kim

Banking for the People Banking for the People

Across the country, the notion of state-owned banks is catching on.

Mar 11, 2010 / Editorial / John Nichols

Iceland Busts the Banksters Iceland Busts the Banksters

Icelanders have become "the world's first rebels against the idea of clearing up after the mess made by a reckless private bank."

Mar 7, 2010 / Blog / John Nichols

Groundhog’s Day Budgeting: Again, Obama Underfunds Job Growth Groundhog’s Day Budgeting: Again, Obama Underfunds Job Growth

The 2009 stimulus bill that was supposed to spur job creation at a sufficient rate to prevent double-digit unemployment might have done so if it had been approved at the level and ...

Feb 1, 2010 / Blog / John Nichols

Prankly, My Dear, They Don’t Give a Damn Prankly, My Dear, They Don’t Give a Damn

You know how you can tell the Age of Reagan has ended? Because at his State of the Union address, Barack Obama didn't do any of those ordinary-folks-who-make-a-difference shout-out...

Jan 29, 2010 / The Notion / Leslie Savan

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