The Shame of TD Bank’s Jolly Bankers
Investigative digger Judd Legum reports that TD Bank has profited from a scheme to launder millions in drug money from criminal networks. Woody Guthrie satirized Depression-era bankers who … Read more
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What Is a Banker’s Promise Worth?
Banking giants do a backflip on their promise to do the right thing for humanity on climate change. Bruce King, former governor of New Mexico, often baffled people … Read more
How Inequality Happens
One reason these Wall Street types make so much is that theirs is a dirty job — they are why inequality happens. I don’t usually cover hard-luck sob … Read more
Bigots and Jolly Bankers
You’d think this claim brought by bigots would be laughed out of court, but the case has gone to a hyperpartisan, right-wing judge. Amazingly, the agricultural commissioner of … Read more
Why Would We Trust Plutocrats to Save Us from Plutocracy?
Forgive me for not believing for a moment that there’s one iota of sincerity in this sudden assertion of egalitarian sentiment by today’s plutocrats. Ralph Waldo Emerson once … Read more
Finding Populism Today
Populism: what is it and where can it be found? Mass movements don’t just appear out of the fog, fully grown, structured and mobilized. They emerge in fits … Read more
Serve Banksters or Serve the Poor? Congress Reinterprets Jesus
Rich vs Poor: Thank God for Congress, right? When things get out of balance in America, we can always count on our legislative stalwarts to recalibrate the scales … Read more
Where’s the Cop on the Wall Street Beat?
Wall Street Bankers gone wild! Let’s tally some of the Wall Street banker crimes: JPMorgan Chase engaged in massive, systematic fraud to foreclose without cause or due process … Read more
Wall Street Hogs Still Running Wild
Beastly Wall Street must be tamed Wall Street is a beast. And proud of it! In fact, a pair of animals are the stock market’s longtime symbols: One … Read more
