Sheriff Elizabeth Warren

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CEO’s Demand Austerity to Fix Budget, Not End to Corporate Welfare

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Nov 26, 2012 A group of corporate CEOs that contributed to the burgeoning deficit crisis want the poor and elderly to largely pay for the mess the greedy Wall Street fat cats helped create. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The Flawed Credit Card Debt Collection Process

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Aug 13, 2012 Credit card companies are increasingly turning to the legal system in their rush to collect money that is owed to them. But, there now exists a very big problem in this litigious-happy practice -- nearly all these lawsuits may be flawed. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Mitt’s Olympic Flip-Flop, Shake-Up at CNN, and More

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Jul 28, 2012 A look at the day's political happenings, including how Romney could come to the aid of so-called banksters, and John Boehner gives his VP pick. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Fallout From the Bungled Bank Bailout

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Jul 23, 2012 The financial meltdown and subsequent bailout have dampened Americans' faith in government and stirred widespread outrage. Neil Barofsky, who once served as special inspector general in charge of oversight of the Troubled Asset Relief Program, says that anger may point the way toward reform. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

To Catch a Bankster

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jul 21, 2012 Traditional investigations by regulators of all the suspect hanky-panky in the banking industry have produced nothing in the way of fundamental reform and protected the worst repeat offenders. So why not bribe big bankers to turn one another in? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Fed, Geithner Knew of False Libor in 2008

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Jul 14, 2012 The Federal Reserve and the U.S. government knew back in 2008 that Barclays was filing false reports about Libor, the interest rate that international banks charge one another for short-term loans, according to documents released Friday. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

BofA Confirms Plan to Lay Off 30,000 Employees

Staff / Truthdig Sep 12, 2011 Bank of America has confirmed a plan to eliminate 30,000 jobs "over the next few years," 10,000 fewer than what The Wall Street Journal reported Friday. The layoffs will amount to about 10 percent of the bank's workforce. Update (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

A Look at the ‘Bush-Obama’ Presidency

Staff / Truthdig Aug 22, 2011 Essayist, Yale English professor and TomDispatch contributor David Bromwich takes a careful accounting of the "sacked" and "saved" members of the Obama administration in an attempt to reveal the similarities between his presidency and George W. Bush's. (more) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )