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Can the World Bank’s New CEO Change Their Toxic Lending Practices?

Jared Olson / Truthdig Sep 6, 2023 Ajay Banga and the façade of accountability in global development finance. Dig deeper ( 16 Min. Read )

Abigail Disney and Her Fellow Millionaires Demand Higher Taxes

Julia Conley / Common Dreams Feb 14, 2019 In a letter to Andrew Cuomo, 48 New Yorkers implore the governor to allow them to contribute more to state programs for the greater good. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Central Banks Have Gone Rogue, Putting Us All at Risk

Ellen Brown / Truthdig Sep 13, 2018 These institutions have rigged the markets for the benefit of a select few. The only solution is to make them public utilities. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Blackstone, BlackRock or a Public Bank for California’s Money?

Ellen Brown / Truthdig May 25, 2018 The state’s stagnant funds could be put to good and much-needed work through a publicly owned bank—instead of being put at high risk through investment in public-private partnerships. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Frontier Gun Maker Remington Files for Bankruptcy

MICHELLE CHAPMAN / The Associated Press Mar 26, 2018 The storied company with roots that go back two centuries has endured slumping sales and legal and financial pressure over the 2012 Sandy Hook school massacre. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Wall Street Stock Loans Are Draining $1 Billion a Year From German Taxpayers

Staff / Truthdig May 4, 2016 Carefully timed deals help big money managers skirt dividend taxes in 20 countries, confidential documents show. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Big Banks Hit With Monster $250 Billion Lawsuit in Housing Crisis

By Ellen Brown, Web of Debt Jul 17, 2014 In June, investors led by the world’s largest asset manager and the world’s largest bond-fund manager sued some of the world’s largest banks for breach of fiduciary duty as trustees of their investment funds. The investors are seeking damages for the equivalent of 1 million homeowners with $250,000 in damages suing at one time. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Our Loss Is BlackRock’s Gain

Robert Scheer / Truthdig May 20, 2009 How much do you know about BlackRock and the hedge funds they manage? Better bone up fast, now that the folks at BlackRock are calling the shots in the government’s trillion-dollar bailout program. BlackRock execs are now directing key elements of the government program at a time when they stand to reap great profits from the fallout of a problem they helped create. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

It’s That Time of Year Again

Staff / Truthdig Aug 22, 2006 Hordes of artists, free-thinkers, nudists and stoners are about to descend on the Nevada desert to worship a neon statue. Burning Man is back, and the event map?a work of art in and of itself?is now available for viewing. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )