Break up megabanks, progressives urge
Labor and progressives warn against the danger of moves on Capitol Hill to weaken finance reform.
Wall Street moves to crush $50 billion fund
The GOP's back room talks with Wall Street began to explode in the faces of Republican senators yesterday.
Goldman fraud adds fuel to financial reform drive
Big banks appear to be much more worried about a clampdown on their derivatives gambling schemes than they are about a consumer protection agency.
White House to fight attempts to weaken finance reform
Deputy Treasury Secretary Neil Wolin declared yesterday that "the administration will oppose efforts to provide exemptions for certain kinds of lenders."
Federal panel grills Greenspan, Citigroup on predatory lending
The nation's subprime crisis will be in the news from Wednesday to Friday this week as the federal government's Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission begins a new round of hearings.
Finance reform can spur job creation
The nation's labor movement is on target with its point that the risky practices on Wall Street were behind the destruction of 11 million jobs in America.
Fight for finance reform next in the national spotlight
As they celebrate their success with health care reform labor and its allies are already focusing on strengthening the financial reform legislation just approved by the Senate Banking Committee.
Tired of bank greed, Missouri protesters say
ST. LOUIS - "We're tired of corporate America and the CEOs taking all our money," Ashli Bolden said as over 100 people protested inside the Bank of America tower on March 24.
Banks should pay to repair their mess, rally demands
The rally's point was dramatized by a man wearing a tuxedo and a pig mask who made mock attempts to steal purses and pick the pockets of demonstrators.
Labor rally calls for jobs, protests Bank of America
A spirited lunchtime crowd of some 2000 workers heard local, state and national leaders slam Wall Street and urge action and large-scale investment for jobs.
