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November 19, 2021
Todd Gitlin
Senator Kennedy’s “Unhinged” Red-Baiting: What Is the Matter With These People?
Just when you think the Republican Party has scraped the bottom of the barrel, it breaks through into the slime pit below.
October 22, 2021
Arthur E. Wilmarth, Jr.
Republicans and Wall Street Are Smearing Biden’s Bank Regulator as a Commie
The red-baiting is a red herring. Saule Omarova’s real sin in the eyes of bankers is that she knows the secrets of their derivatives casino.
November 6, 2020
J.C. Pan
Let’s Take a Moment to Check in With Some Extremely Rich People
The wealthy have made peace with the election! Bankers are practicing positive thinking! The stock market is a living thing, and it is happy!
September 28, 2020
J.C. Pan
Big Banks Cratered the Economy. Now They Swear They’ll Fix It.
What do we make of Citigroup and other banks’ racial and economic justice initiatives?
April 27, 2020
Robin Kaiser-Schatzlein
The “Shadow Banks” Are Back, and Still Too Big to Fail
The financial institutions behind the last economic crash haven’t gone anywhere, and they’re looking for a bailout yet again.
December 18, 2019
Nick Martin
Trump’s Plan to Let Big Banks Get a Piece of the Stadium Scam
An administration proposal would treat the financing of sports venues as an investment in low-income communities.
October 22, 2018
Alexander Sammon
How the Bank Bailout Hobbled the Climate Fight
Wall Street took the money the government lent them and plowed it straight into the fossil fuel industry.
November 16, 2017
Sarah Jones
Democrats still love pay-day lenders and banks.
October 25, 2017
Sarah Jones
Republicans may criticize Trump, but they still do terrible things.
October 10, 2017
David Dayen
Trump’s Wall Street Watchdog Undercuts a Key Consumer Protection
When one government agency tried to restrict an abusive lending industry, another agency did exactly the opposite.
August 1, 2017
David Dayen
Give Wells Fargo the Corporate Death Penalty
The bank is a serial corporate criminal that has screwed over millions of Americans. Here's what the government should do about it.
October 8, 2015
David Dayen
Republicans Are About to Cut a Handout to Big Banks—Thanks to Progressive Democrats
This is the most unlikely Capitol Hill success story of the year
May 6, 2015
Danny Vinik
Would the Financial Crisis Have Happened If Women Ran Wall Street?
November 7, 2014
David Dayen
Obama Says Economic Recoveries Have to Be Slow. In a New Paper, His Former Advisor Argues Otherwise
September 25, 2014
Danny Vinik
Eric Holder's Biggest Failure
Wall Street ruined the economy. Obama's AG let them off too easy.
September 25, 2014
Alec MacGillis
Gay-Marriage Hero David Boies Has an Infuriating New Cause
The Prop. 8 lawyer is helping a former Wall Street CEO sue the U.S., and it's costing taxpayers a fortune
February 27, 2014
Danny Vinik
Uh-Oh: Janet Yellen Is Waffling About Whether "Too Big To Fail" Is Over
January 16, 2014
David Dayen
Your Credit Card Has a Dangerous Flaw That the Banks Refuse to Fix
December 30, 2013
David Dayen
A Small Bank in Utah Has Launched Wall Street's War on the Volcker Rule
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