Wall Street

'A Small Tax on Wall Street to Make Big Change': Bernie Sanders and Barbara Lee Introduce New Financial Transaction Tax

$Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) speaks to supporters of legislation she introduced Wednesday with Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) that would impose a fractional tax on Wall Street transactions.$

'Good,' Says Warren, After Trump Bank Regulator Calls Her Tough Questioning on Wells Fargo 'Insulting'

Jake Johnson, staff writer

"People all across this country were scammed and squeezed by Wells Fargo," said the Massachusetts senator

Turns Out "Spooky 'Socialist' Proposals" Are Popular, Says AOC, As Poll Shows 70% of GOP Voters Back Plan to Cap Credit Card Rates

Jake Johnson, staff writer

Progressive proposals are "winning over vast majorities of GOP voters because...

Watch: Rep. Katie Porter Uses Basic Budget Math to Expose Jamie Dimon on Starvation Wages at JPMorgan Chase

Jake Johnson, staff writer

"Mr. Dimon, you know how to spend $31 million a year in salary, and you can't...

'Cheat Working Americans, You'll Go to Jail': Warren Unveils Bill to Punish Criminal CEOs

As Wells Fargo CEO Tim Sloan Reaches for Golden Parachute, Warren Says 'If He Broke the Law, He Should Go to Jail Like Anyone Else'

Labor Leader Demands Tax Code for Working People to Replace GOP Tax Scam for the Rich

Ocasio-Cortez: Maybe Wall Street Bankers 'Not the Best Authority' on Wellbeing of People and Planet

With Help of Democrats, Regulators Move to Gut 'Last Line of Defense' Against Wall Street Gambling

'Total Embarrassment': WaPo Rebuked for Failed Fact-Check of Sanders on Trillion-Dollar Wall Street Bailout

Progressive Tax Takes Aim at Wall Street Transactions, Financial Crashes

'People Power Beats Corporate Greed': After Years of Pressure, JPMorgan Agrees to Divest from Private Prisons

'Stop Funding Climate Change!': Jamie Dimon Interrupted for Important Planetary Message

So How's Your Tax Refund? Thanks to GOP Tax Scam, Big Banks Made an Extra $28 Billion Last Year

'Exactly What I Was Worried About': Warren Warns New Big Bank Merger Will Increase Risk of Another Crash

Report Warns Trump Giving Wall Street 'Green Light to Ramp Up Risk' as Penalties Against Big Banks Plummet

Further

On Hillary, Lloyd, Us and Them

For those puzzled by the rancor and mistrust so many feel for Hillary Clinton, a lucid Matt Taibbi looks at Clinton's $675,000 speeches to Goldman Sachs to reveal they're about not just money but allegiance. Turns out Clinton declared that "banker-bashing (was) foolish," it takes a village to get out of a financial crisis (in fact caused by a few greedy oligarchs), and public anger is something "we" - oligarchs and Clintons - need to wait out.