Tracy Bloom / TruthdigMar 28, 2013
Expressing concerns that "too big too fail" banks have also become "too big to jail," Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., said Wednesday that he will introduce legislation to break up the nation's biggest financial institutions. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Robert Reich / TruthdigMar 26, 2013
We’re still legislating and regulating private morality, while ignoring the much larger crisis of public morality in America. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Tracy Bloom / TruthdigMar 21, 2013
If Bernanke's stance is any indication, Sen. Warren, who was just sworn in this January, is already having a positive impact on Washington. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
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Tracy Bloom / TruthdigMar 12, 2013
A look at the day's political happenings, including details of a bipartisan agreement on immigration and the reason Donald Trump is willing to help the White House financially. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Tracy Bloom / TruthdigMar 11, 2013
A typo by banking giant Wells Fargo resulted in a more than two-year legal battle that came to a tragic conclusion in December when Larry Delassus' heart stopped in a Los Angeles area courtroom, a new LA Weekly report reveals. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Tracy Bloom / TruthdigFeb 27, 2013
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., a two-time Truthdigger of the Week, demonstrated once again why big banks and Wall Street want to keep their distance from her when she took on Ben Bernanke during his semiannual appearance before the Senate Banking Committee on Tuesday. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Tracy Bloom / TruthdigFeb 25, 2013
Meet the major banks' newest partner: payday lenders, the owners of those check cashing stores that offer short-term loans with interest rates that sometimes exceed 500 percent. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigJan 10, 2013
The editors at The New York Times are not impressed with the deal struck between the government and major banks to provide borrowers with $8.5 billion in aid. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
By Paul Kiel, ProPublicaJan 10, 2013
The Independent Foreclosure Review was supposed to be a full and fair investigation of the big banks' foreclosure abuses. But Monday morning, the very regulators who launched the program 18 months ago announced that it had all been a massive mistake and shut it down. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Robert Reich / TruthdigJan 9, 2013
TARP -- the infamous Troubled Assets Relief Program that bailed out Wall Street in 2008 -- is over. The Treasury Department announced it will be completing the sale of the remaining shares it owns of the banks and of General Motors. But in reality it’s not over. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Tracy Bloom / TruthdigJan 8, 2013
Just because the fiscal cliff may have been averted--at least for now--doesn't mean all the economic issues and problems facing this country have magically disappeared along with the manufactured crisis. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Tracy Bloom / TruthdigNov 22, 2012
A look at the day's political happenings, including a Democratic congressman's resignation and why Joe Scarborough is apologizing to Nate Silver. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
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