Wall Street

Investors Managing $250 Billion in Assets Call on Big Banks to Stop Funding Mountain Valley Pipeline

Opposition to the Mountain Valley Pipeline Project is visible on a roadside sign in Bent Mountain, Virginia. (Photo: Michael S. Williamson/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

New Campaign Targets Wall Street Funding to Stop Line 3 Tar Sands Pipeline

Andrea Germanos, staff writer

"We are going to do everything in our power to make it loud and clear to bank executives: They must walk away from Line 3―or there will be consequences."

'How About a Counter-Argument Based on Fact?': Warren Destroys CNBC Host Over Two-Cent Wealth Tax Criticism

Kenny Stancil, staff writer

"You're telling me that they would forfeit their American citizenship if they had to... step up and pay a little more?" Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) asked on Thursday, January 28, 2021. "I'm just calling your bluff on that. That's not going to happen."(Photo: CNBC)

"The wealthiest in this country are paying less in taxes than everyone else,"...

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to Ted Cruz: 'You Almost Had Me Murdered... You Can Resign'

Brett Wilkins, staff writer

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) got into a heated Twitter feud on Thursday, January 28, 2021. (Photo: Getty Images)

The Squad member once again implored Cruz to quit after he tweeted agreement...

'Unacceptable': AOC, Tlaib Demand Hearing Into Robinhood Blocking Customers' GameStop Trades

'Temporarily' Not Good Enough: Corporate America Called to End Political Giving Once and for All

How the Ongoing GameStop Fiasco Highlights the Sinister Nature of Modern Casino Capitalism

As Economic Suffering Grips Regular Americans, Wall Street Behemoths Ready Feast of Stock Buybacks

'If This Is a Trial Balloon... Hopefully It Fails': Biden Warned Against Naming Corporate-Tied Michael Barr as Top Bank Cop

'Subsidizing the Spread of Covid': Report Shows Corporate Landlords Received Public Funding Yet Still Kicked Out Tenants

'A Fearless Champion for Consumers': Warren Applauds Biden Pick of Rohit Chopra to Head CFPB

Trump Rule Aimed at Forcing Banks to Fund Gun Makers and Big Oil Called 'Parting Gift' to Corporate Cronies

'If Wall Street Really Believed in Defending Our Democracy,' Says Sanders, It Would End Political Donations... Forever

'A Profoundly Troubling Pick': Progressives Slam Biden Choice of Gov. Raimondo for Commerce Chief

'Good': Billionaire-Backed Effort to Upend US Healthcare System Collapses After Just 3 Years

Biden Cabinet Picks Blinken and Yellen Each Made Over $1 Million From Corporate Clients and Speeches

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.