Act Before the Bail-In: Now Is the Moment to Seize Public Banking

As an individual or as a public official, if you have money in one of the big banks, you have essentially given your money to that gambler and now you are a creditor to the gambler.

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Decline and Fall: How American Society Unravelled

Thirty years ago, the old deal that held U.S. society together started to unwind, with social cohesion sacrificed to greed. Was it an inevitable process – or was it engineered by self-interested elites?

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Revealed: Global Anti-Money Laundering Campaign Is Failing Through Weak Financial Oversight

After nearly 25 year of failed efforts, experts still ponder how to implement an anti-money laundering regime that works.

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Doubling Student Interest Rates Will Turn A Generation Against Congress

The real story is about the slow dismantling of affordable education — one of the last means of upward mobility in America — and the exclusion of a generation from the "American Dream."

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Global Power Project, Part 5: Banking on Influence With Goldman Sachs

We examined a total of 83 individuals at Goldman Sachs, including executives, members of the board of directors and several advisory boards, to uncover their connections within some of the world's powerful institutions.

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Thompson v. Heineman: How a Nebraska Lawsuit Could Further Delay the Keystone XL Pipeline

The lawsuit is challenging the constitutionality of a pipeline-siting law that gave the Dept. of Environmental Quality and Nebraska's governor authority to evaluate and approve Keystone XL over the Public Service Commission.

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Review: The Billionaire's Apprentice and the Gaming of Wall Street

Anita Raghavan has written a tour-de-force book that captures the realities of race and unfettered greed in contemporary America.

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The Republican Death-Trap: Taxing Students Instead of Polluters

As student loan interest rates double, Republicans are signing a pledge – sponsored by the multi-billionaire Koch brothers — to oppose any climate-change legislation that might raise government revenues by taxing polluters.

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Rushton: Poverty in Britain

In Britain, austerity is vastly increasing poverty while the rich are getting richer.

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Egypt celebrates as transition takes shape

Black, White and Red flags overran the scene all across Egypt on Wednesday evening as the country celebrated its “second revolution” with the ousting of embattled President Mohamed Morsi after mass street demonstrations saw the military intervene to bring about a transitional period.

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