God Is Not a Fan of the Banking Industry

Staff / Truthdig Apr 7, 2009 Do a quick Google search and you'll find that God, as worshipped by Jews, Christians and Muslims, has some strong feelings about interest charges -- or usury, as it's known in the Hebrew Bible. Here's a doozy from Ezekiel: "Hath given forth upon usury, and hath taken increase: shall he then live? he shall not live: he hath done all these abominations; he shall surely die; his blood shall be upon him." Ouch. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Wall Street Showered Obama’s Top Economic Adviser With Riches

Staff / Truthdig Apr 6, 2009 Lawrence Summers is the man President Obama turns to for insight into the economy, so it's more than a little disturbing that the very financial institutions the taxpayers are now rescuing -- to the tune of nearly $3 trillion -- paid Summers almost $8 million last year. Goldman Sachs & Co., a major beneficiary of the government's largesse, paid him $135,000 for one speech. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Close These Refuges for Scoundrels

Joe Conason / Truthdig Apr 2, 2009 The story of former AIG executive Joseph Cassano points up once more how tax and regulatory havens across the world encourage nefarious conduct, lack of transparency, evasion of taxes and corporate criminality. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Art Imitates Life

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Our Justified Populist Rage

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Mar 19, 2009 We are at the beginning of a great popular rebellion against those who showed no self-restraint when it came to lining their own pockets. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Tarred and Feathered

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Obama Aiming to Block AIG Bonuses

Staff / Truthdig Mar 16, 2009 AIG's dishing out $165 million in bonuses to executives who played a part in bringing their company to near ruin is an "outrage," according to President Barack Obama, who pledged to do whatever he can to stop the payouts at the bailed-out insurance giant. Updated Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The False Idol of Unfettered Capitalism

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Mar 16, 2009 The Ten Commandments were for the ancients, and are for us, the core rules that, when honored, hold us together, and when dishonored lead to alienation, discord and violence. The worship of the free market has turned out to be an idol, and like all idols it has now demanded its human sacrifice. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

The Point of Pointing Fingers

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Mar 12, 2009 Obama speaks disdainfully of "ideology," but there comes a time when first principles need to be articulated. Conservatives have entered this fight with guns blazing while progressives have hidden behind a Maginot Line armed only with the word pragmatism. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Jailing Kids for Cash

Amy Goodman / Truthdig Feb 18, 2009 As many as 5,000 children in Pennsylvania have been found guilty, and up to 2,000 of them jailed, by two corrupt judges who received kickbacks from the builders and owners of private prison facilities that benefited. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Scream 2009

Mike Luckovich / Truthdig Feb 9, 2009 Dig deeper

Dear Wall Street

Marie Cocco / Truthdig Feb 5, 2009 The reason you are such a big story is that you've stolen our money. Or at least that's how most of the country sees it. You think those auto executives looked bad when they flew into Washington on their private jets? Just you wait. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )