Stocks Close Out Best Year Since 2013; S&P 500 Soars 28.9%

ALEX VEIGA / The Associated Press Dec 31, 2019 The three major indexes set more record highs than in 2018 and kept the longest bull market for stocks going. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Big Banks Cut Jobs, Slash Lending After Billion-Dollar Tax Cut

Jessica Corbett / Common Dreams Feb 7, 2019 Just as critics feared, the nation's top financial institutions are rewarding their shareholders at the expense of workers and customers. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Wall Street’s Corruption Runs Deeper Than You Can Fathom

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Dec 7, 2018 Author Carmen Segarra sounds off on Goldman Sachs (pictured: Chairman Blankfein), deregulation and how our culture rewards bad behavior. Dig deeper ( 23 Min. Read )

When Timothy Geithner Defied Barack Obama

Jacob Sugarman / Truthdig Sep 11, 2018 The former treasury secretary's refusal to obey his boss altered the course of the Great Recession—and likely gave us Donald Trump. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Ghosts of ‘New Democrats’ Are Haunting Us

Norman Solomon / Truthdig May 1, 2018 A fundamental battle for democracy is in progress—a conflict over superdelegates to the Democratic Party's national convention in 2020. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

For the Love of Their Country or Money?

Sonali Kolhatkar / Truthdig Mar 8, 2018 If anything like the Trump family dealings had occurred during Obama's presidency, conservatives would have been howling for impeachment or resignation. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

A Good Day on Wall Street Is a Bad Day for Most Americans

Lee Camp / Truthdig Feb 16, 2018 The U.S. economy is not based on health, happiness and life. It needs our death, misery and hardship in order to thrive. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Capitalism: The Nightmare

Paul Street / Truthdig Sep 20, 2017 As American activist Joel Kovel wrote six years ago, "The future will be eco-socialist, because without eco-socialism there will be no future." Dig deeper ( 13 Min. Read )

Donald Trump Continues the Manipulation of Populism by ‘Swamping Up’ His Path to Power

Paul Street / Truthdig Dec 8, 2016 Beneath populist pretense and slander, the coming Trump presidency is shaping up as a great monument to the nation’s unelected dictatorship of money. The only real mystery is how far it will deliver on its reactionary promises. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

Photo of the Week: Obama, Who Let Citigroup Staff His First Cabinet, Calls for Voter Solidarity

BLANK Oct 30, 2016 A 2008 email made public by WikiLeaks this month revealed that a bank executive essentially picked most of the president's Cabinet appointments—including the people who bailed out Wall Street. If you want "a chance to shape history," speak up before this election. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Elizabeth Warren Demands Investigation Into President Obama’s Failure to Jail the Banksters

By Lauren McCauley / Common Dreams Sep 15, 2016 "I can think of no matter of 'intense public interest' about which 'the American people deserve the details' than the issue of what precisely happened to the criminal referrals that followed the 2008 crash." Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Key Members of Hillary Clinton Team Lobbied Against Bills She Now Touts as National Accomplishments

Donald Kaufman / Truthdig Feb 9, 2016 On the presidential campaign trail, the candidate has been hailing Obamacare and the Dodd-Frank Act, a measure aimed at Wall Street corruption. Yet she has infused her staff with former lobbyists and consultants who did all they could to block the two reforms. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )