Two N. Koreans Linked to Weapons Program Are Hit With U.S. Sanctions

The Associated Press Dec 26, 2017 The action against the munitions officials blocks them from holding any property within U.S. jurisdiction and prohibits them from transactions with American citizens. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

‘Trump Effect’ in Cuba Preserves Undemocratic Cold War Policy

Medea Benjamin / Truthdig Nov 15, 2017 New regulations that crack down on trade and travel to the Caribbean island further punish the Cuban people and hurt U.S. credibility. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Mnuchin Backpedals on Tax Loophole That Helps Billionaires

Emily Wells / Truthdig Aug 22, 2017 Here we have another object lesson about the folly of believing promises made by campaigning politicians. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Trump Picks Ex-Banker to Regulate Wall Street

Staff / Truthdig Jun 7, 2017 Joseph Otting (at right in photo), former president and CEO of OneWest Bank, is tapped to run the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, which oversees more than 1,000 lenders. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Trump’s Treasury Pick Excelled at Kicking Elderly People Out of Their Homes

By Paul Kiel and Jesse Eisinger / ProPublica Jan 17, 2017 When Steven Mnuchin ran OneWest, the bank aggressively and, in some cases, wrongly foreclosed on elderly homeowners with reverse mortgages. The bank had a disproportionate share of such foreclosures. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Defying Donald Trump’s Kleptocracy

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Jan 2, 2017 The president-elect represents the late stage of capitalism, when corporations, no longer able to generate profits at former levels, pillage the government and society for profit. However, he will be vulnerable to impeachment if we take to the streets. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Trump Pick for Treasury Chief Is the ‘Ultimate Wall Street and Government Insider,’ Says GOP Lawyer

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Dec 1, 2016 Steven Mnuchin got rich with taxpayer money in a legal but “distasteful” corporate welfare scheme in which he used dubious mortgages to foreclose on tens of thousands of families through a failed bank he bought cheap in the 2008 Wall Street crash, says California lawyer Saied Kashani. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Trump’s $1 Trillion Infrastructure Plan: Lincoln Had a Bolder Solution

By Ellen Brown / Web of Debt Nov 17, 2016 Instead of privatizing public assets and delivering taxpayer money to investors, the president-elect could fund his promised infrastructure projects by simply printing money. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

‘Print the Money’: Trump’s ‘Reckless’ Proposal Echoes Franklin and Lincoln

By Ellen Brown / Web of Debt May 14, 2016 It's been called crazy talk. But the solution of Abraham Lincoln and the American colonials may be the only sane response to a $19 trillion federal debt that has doubled over the last 10 years. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Top Seven Ways Harriet Tubman Is the Most Badass Spy and Warrior Ever to Grace U.S. Currency

Juan Cole / Truthdig Apr 24, 2016 Despite getting several years of American history while we're in school, most of us probably have only a foggy idea of who the woman chosen to replace Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill was. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Harriet Tubman and the Currency of Resistance

By Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan Apr 21, 2016 What better tribute to her lifetime of struggle could there be than to place her image into the hands of hundreds of millions of people? Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

New Treasury Rule Could Make It Easier to Hide Money in the U.S., Critics Say

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Apr 9, 2016 In the wake of the Panama Papers leak, a pending U.S. Treasury rule to discourage the rich from avoiding taxes could in fact enable them to do so, experts say. Release of the new provision is expected soon. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )