Banks

The Vermont Independent Stands Up to Eric Holder and the Big Banks.read more

One name was mentioned over and over again among protesters, and the strike was in part dedicated to her: Amaia Egaña, the latest victim of the housing crisis and of greedy bank practices.read more

Activists try to fend off evictions and home repossessions, though the laws favor the lenders.read more

It tried to excuse itself by saying that its view at the time was conventional wisdom. As if that’s an excuse!read more

It was the biggest direct action in the city since the start of the Iraq War, and the largest Occupy protest in the nation in this new year.read more

With their actions on behalf of the foreclosed upon, the Occupy Wall Street movement is proving, once and for all, how different it is from the Tea Party movement.read more

Today’s actions are a run up to tomorrow’s Bank Transfer Day. People are being asked to move their money out of Wall Street banks and into community banks and credit unions.read more

This sordid tale just proves how soft Obama has gone on the banks.read more

Republicans in Congress are proposing to amend the charter of the Federal Reserve Board not to make it more responsive to the people or less beholden to the banks. Quite the contrary.read more

Find out whether your Senator was one of the 27 Democrats who voted for the big banks.read more

Opponents of financial reform are tarring members of Congress who want to regulate the banks as tools of Wall Street. This Orwellian tactic is designed to confuse voters.read more

Republicans want to maintain the unregulated environment that allowed the last Wall Street collapse. Meanwhile, they bray about bailouts.read more