Wall Street

After Failing to Prosecute Bankers, Obama Cashes In With Wall Street Speeches

Former U.S. President Barack Obama speaks during the Seeds&Chips Global Food Innovation Summit on May 9, 2017 in Milan, Italy.

As Workers Ditch Trump, Trumka Slams White House Full of 'Racists' and 'Wall Streeters'

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka told a group of reporters on Wednesday that there is little hope for labor unions to find common ground with the Trump administration, with a White House that's divided into two factions: aides who "turned out to be racist," and "Wall Streeters."

Wall Street Fines Down 66% Under Trump's Goldman Sachs-Filled Administration

Jake Johnson, staff writer

Since taking office in January, President Donald Trump has chosen ex-Goldman...

Serving Wall Street Predators, GOP Attack New Rule Protecting Consumers

Andrea Germanos, staff writer

A new rule by a federal watchdog—hailed as having "paramount importance" for...

Admitting His Contempt, Trump Says 'Poor Person' Shouldn't Run Economy

Biggest Banks Fueling Climate Disaster With Billions Poured Into 'Extreme Fossil Fuels'

Crafted by Wall Street Titans, Trump Treasury Plan Latest Consumer Betrayal

With All Eyes on Comey, GOP Set to Lavish Wall Street and Trash Consumers

'Orwellian' and 'Bizarre': Warren Skewers Mnuchin for Big Bank Doublespeak

Trump's New Bank Regulator: Lawyer Who Helped Banks Charge More Fees

How Much to Buy a Congressional Vote? New Research Seeks Answer

Pro-Clinton Probe of 2016 Reveals That, Yes, Democrats Have a 'Wall Street Problem'

Red Flags as Trump Team Dodges on Tax Plan's Impact on Middle Class

'Goldman Sachs Populism': Trump Tax Plan Benefits Ultra-Wealthy—Like Him

Obama Under Fire for $400K Speech to Wall Street 'Fat Cats'

Wells Fargo Directors Face Wrath for Complicity In Bank Corruption

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.