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The Breakdown: Are Financial Institutions Holding Our Economy Hostage?

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

How Koch Industries Politicizes the Workplace How Koch Industries Politicizes the Workplace

After the Citizens United Supreme Court decision, corporations like Koch Industries are pushing their own political agenda in the workplace.

Apr 21, 2011 / Video / Democracy Now!

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

The New Corporate World Order The New Corporate World Order

Big government is big precisely because it is so active in so many costly ways in serving the interests of our biggest corporations.

Apr 20, 2011 / Robert Scheer

Slide Show: 7 Corporate Tax Evaders

Slide Show: 7 Corporate Tax Evaders Slide Show: 7 Corporate Tax Evaders

The budget agreement that President Obama lashed together late last week in the face of a government shutdown will take away billions of dollars in federal funding from vital publi…

Apr 14, 2011 / Photo Essay / The Nation

Shareholders Fight Back as Democrats Compromise Shareholders Fight Back as Democrats Compromise

The ink on the compromise that kept the government open—barely--isn't even dry and they're already talking about the next round of cuts in Washington.

Apr 11, 2011 / The Notion / Laura Flanders

Bad Credit: How Payday Lenders Evade Regulation

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

America’s Class Problem America’s Class Problem

The delusion of a classless society in which opportunity is equally distributed is the most effective deception perpetrated by our moneyed elite.

Apr 6, 2011 / Robert Scheer

Bonuses for Bosses at Killer Corporations? Bonuses for Bosses at Killer Corporations?

Eleven workers dead, untold volumes of sea life poisoned and more than 200 million gallons of oil spilled into the sea.  If that’s what a historically good safety ...

Apr 4, 2011 / The Notion / Laura Flanders

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