Now That Women Can Appear on Our $10 Bills, Can They Make More Money, Too?

Kasia Anderson / Truthdig Jun 19, 2015 Hey, did you hear that an American woman of historical import is slated to appear on the $10 bill? Is anyone investigating whether her ten-spot will be worth the same as the one with Alexander Hamilton on it -- or would its actual value come in at, say, $7.70? Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Treasury Announces a Woman Will Appear on the $10 Bill

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jun 18, 2015 A campaign to celebrate the centenary of female suffrage has succeeded in getting a woman on a U.S. bank note, though she’ll have to share the honor with a man. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

New Emails Reveal Friendship of Koch Lobbyists and Financial Regulators

Donald Kaufman / Truthdig Jun 13, 2015 Recent emails reveal the close bond between Koch lobbyists and regulators at the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

From Austerity to Prosperity: Why I Am Running for California Treasurer

By Ellen Brown, Web of Debt Jan 16, 2014 California cannot solve its budget problems by slashing services that have already been cut to the bone or raising sales taxes that hurt the poor far more than the rich. We are fighting over a pie that remains too small. The pie itself needs to be expanded -- and it can be. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Oct. 17: The Day the Money Runs Out

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Sep 26, 2013 Treasury Secretary Jack Lew has written House Speaker John Boehner to warn that unless Congress raises the debt limit, the United States of America is going to start bouncing checks. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Truthdigger of the Week: Andrew Cockburn

BLANK Sep 15, 2013 In reporting on decades of U.S. sanctions against Iran, Harper’s Magazine’s Washington editor fully uncovers a mass destruction and murder scheme on a Napoleonic scale. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Larry Summers and the ‘End-Game’ Memo

BLANK Aug 26, 2013 A 1997 memo retrieved from the filing cabinet of investigative reporter Greg Palast shows the involvement of Lawrence Summers -- Obama's current favorite for chairman of the Federal Reserve -- in a successful plan to help big bank CEOs "rip apart financial regulation across the planet." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Prosecutors Use Patriot Act to Shut Down Virtual Currency Operator

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig May 29, 2013 Liberty Reserve, which, until Tuesday, operated a virtual currency that could be exchanged for cash, stands accused by the United States of laundering $6 billion in criminal funds. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Bush’s Economic Policies Bankrupted U.S., Reagan Budget Director Says

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Apr 1, 2013 David Stockman, who served as Ronald Reagan's budget director from 1981 to 1985, leveled some harsh criticism at his former boss as well as at President George W. Bush in an op-ed he penned about the dire state of the economy for The New York Times titled "Sundown in America." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Spy Agencies to Have Access to Your Finances

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Mar 15, 2013 The Obama administration plans to give all U.S. intelligence agencies full access to a database that contains information on the financial activity of American citizens and others who bank in the country, a Treasury Department document seen by Reuters says. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Rand Paul Gives Money to Treasury, McCain Gets Heckled at Town Hall, and More

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Feb 22, 2013 A look at the day's political happenings, including a prominent Republican's endorsement of same-sex marriage and the fight over the looming sequester heats up on Twitter. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Truthdigger of the Week: Elizabeth Warren

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Feb 17, 2013 At a Senate hearing Thursday, Elizabeth Warren exposed and shamed regulators for failing to prosecute banks that played a leading role in the financial crisis. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )