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Obama’s Big Shift: Let’s Truly Investigate the Banking Sector’s Crimes
by Kai Wright on January 25 2012, 10:21AM
President Obama said he’s eager to debate equal opportunity in last night’s State of the Union. But he also offered a huge policy change he’s avoided for four years: investigate the banks’ housing boom crimes.
Obama Skips GOP, Appoints Consumer Watchdog Cordray
by Jorge Rivas on January 4 2012, 1:14PM
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is the sole reform to come out of the financial crisis that aims to deal with that fact.
Are Lawmakers Listening? The Consumer Watchdog Vote Will Tell
by Kai Wright on October 6 2011, 3:20PM
There’s a quite specific way our representatives can show if they’re listening to the growing movement: get the consumer watchdog fully up and running. And there will be many, many fights to follow.
Topics: #Occupy, Economy, Kai Wright
The U.S. Doesn’t Have a Debt Problem. It Has a Crisis of Values.
by Imara Jones on August 3 2011, 10:15AM
The debt deal is an extension of the grand bargain Washington’s leaders made with Wall Street nearly four years ago: to save the wealthy at the expense of everyone else. The U.S. doesn’t have a debt problem; it has a values problem.
Topics: Budget Cuts, Economy
Who’s Grabbing Africa’s Land? U.S. Speculators, Including Universities
by Michelle Chen on July 29 2011, 9:22AM
The financial industry has identified rich soil in poor countries. But watchdogs warn that turning Africa’s land over to the global financial marketplace will deepen an already growing food crisis.
Topics: Environment, Global Affairs, Global Justice
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