Is the Rise of Donald Trump Obama’s Legacy? (Video)
Jan 10, 2017 Paul Jay of The Real News asks Truthdig contributor Paul Street if President Obama is a true progressive and whether his policies "helped set the table for the emergence of a Trump."
What Donald Trump Means for the Economy
Nov 14, 2016 Trump and congressional Republicans will be able to pass an agenda that jeopardizes middle-class Americans.John Oliver: We Should Be Worried About the Subprime Car Loan Bubble That’s About to Burst (Video)
Aug 15, 2016 In a scary and important episode, the "Last Week Tonight" host sounds a warning about a boom in subprime automobile loans that promises to make "your eye twitch with flashbacks to the mortgage crisis."Robert Scheer Questions Lawrence Summers and Michael Blumenthal on the 2008 Financial Crash (Video)
Jul 27, 2016 On Day 3 of the Democratic National Convention, Truthdig's editor in chief confronted the two former Treasury secretaries about the role financial deregulation played in the Wall Street crash. On Day 3 of the Democratic National Convention, Truthdig's editor in chief confronted the two former Treasury secretaries about the role financial deregulation played in the Wall Street crash.
They Exist: ‘Bankers for Bernie’ Fight for Sanders in New York
Apr 15, 2016 A group of high-profile Wall Street figures “are prepared to abandon pure self-interest and embrace the radical financial reforms espoused by Bernie Sanders.”
Plans to Break Up the Banks Break Up the Banks
Apr 11, 2016
Hillary Clinton’s Wall Street Reform Plan Leaves Credit Rating Agencies Untouched
Jan 14, 2016 “Clinton’s vision of financial reform neglects one part of the industry everyone agrees was an essential factor in the 2008 crisis: the credit rating agencies, which assess the worthiness of Wall Street securities for investors,” writes David Dayen at The Intercept.
‘The Big Short’ and Bernie Sanders’ Plan to Bust Up Wall Street
Jan 12, 2016 The movie shows why Bernie Sanders’ plan to break up the biggest banks and reinstate the Glass-Steagall Act (separating investment from commercial banking) is necessary—and why Hillary Clinton’s more modest plan is inadequate.
Bernie Sanders Is Right About Clinton and Big Banks — and Here Are the Numbers to Prove It
Jan 11, 2016 As the Vermont senator recently pointed out, Hillary Clinton's relationship with Wall Street becomes clear when you look at how much she's charged for speeches to Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and big banks.VIDEO: Bernie Sanders Inveighs Against Wall Street in Major Address on Economic Policy Proposals
Jan 6, 2016 At Town Hall in Mmidtown Manhattan on Tuesday, Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders gave his most stirring speech yet in defense of the American people, their institutions and their future in the fight against the greed and self-interest of the private interests headquartered at Wall Street.At Town Hall in midtown Manhattan on Tuesday, Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders gave his most stirring speech yet in defense of the American people, their institutions and their future in the fight against the greed and self-interest of the private interests headquartered at Wall Street.
