American Families Deserve a Coronavirus Bailout, Not Industries

Truthdig Mar 12, 2020 Lessons learned from the 2008 financial crisis show that taxpayer-funded blank checks to institutions do nothing to help those struggling Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Dow Sinks 8% as Sell-Off Slamming Global Markets Deepens

The Associated Press Mar 12, 2020 The economic pain caused by the coronavirus becomes more painfully clear. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

‘This Is Not a Drill’: WHO Urges the World to Fight Virus

MATT SEDENSKY and JOHN LEICESTER / The Associated Press Mar 5, 2020 With 17 times as many new infections outside China as in it, Italy and Iran close schools; travel and events are canceled; and markets yo-yo. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Trump Officials Are Cynically Spreading Lies About the Coronavirus

Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan Feb 27, 2020 As the epidemic spirals into a pandemic, causing a plunge in the stock market, Donald Trump and Larry Kudlow insist "USA in great shape!" Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

As World Scrambles, Experts Warn Virus Is Certain to Spread in U.S.

ADAM GELLER and KIM TONG-HYUNG / The Associated Press Feb 25, 2020 CDC's call for Americans to be prepared for spread of "severe illness" added new urgency to response efforts that had focused on overseas. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Stocks Plunge 3% in Worst Loss of Year as Trade War Escalates

STAN CHOE / The Associated Press Aug 5, 2019 Rattled U.S. investors react to China letting its currency, the yuan, drop to its lowest level against the dollar in more than a decade. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

DNC Won’t Create Oversight Panel to Review the Millions It Spends

By Steven Rosenfeld / Independent Media Institute Jul 31, 2019 The final proposal by the post-2016 Unity Reform Commission was rejected. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Worsening U.S.-China Trade Tensions Rattle Financial Markets

ALEX VEIGA / The Associated Press May 7, 2019 The Dow tumbles more than 470 points as investors dump shares of companies that bring in significant revenue from China. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Banks Are Becoming Obsolete in China—Could the U.S. Be Next?

Ellen Brown / Truthdig Aug 22, 2018 Big banks on this side of the Pacific are watching with trepidation, as developments in China’s mobile system could indicate that significant shifts will happen in the U.S. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

5 Key Financial Misadventures of the Trump Era (So Far)

Nomi Prins / TomDispatch Aug 5, 2018 Here's a look at the president's travels on the paths of chaos, and at the economic damage that might lie ahead. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

Can America Ever Cure Its Obsession With Wealth?

Robert Scheer Aug 3, 2018 Filmmaker Lauren Greenfield talks with Robert Scheer about her new film, “Generation Wealth,” and how the decline of the American Dream has led us to worship money. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

California Dreaming: Cannabis Cash, Public Banks—and the State’s Own Mini-Fed?

Ellen Brown / Truthdig Jul 3, 2018 Los Angeles voters and California legislators exploring the public bank option may be breaking not just from Wall Street but from the Federal Reserve. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )