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DOJ Investigating Lawmakers' Stock Dumps Ahead of Coronavirus Market Crash

Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.) talks with reporters in the Capitol on Thursday, January 30, 2020.

'Unacceptable': Dems Fume After Trump Announces Plan to Refuse Congressional Oversight of Corporate Bailout Funds

Andrea Germanos, staff writer

President Donald Trump hands out pens to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin (L) and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (C) after signing the CARES act, a $2 trillion rescue package to provide economic relief amid the coronavirus outbreak, at the Oval Office of the White House on March 27, 2020. (Photo: Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images)

"This is a frightening amount of public money to have given a corrupt administration with zero accountability."

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The Senate Corporate Bailout Package Is a 'Robbery in Progress,' Warn Critics

Jake Johnson, staff writer

"It's not a bailout for the coronavirus. It's a bailout for twelve years of...

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'Oligarchs Are Running the White House': Trump Called Wall Street, Hedge Fund Titans Just Before 'Back to Work' Remarks

Jake Johnson, staff writer

"Trump and Pence are talking to private equity titans and hedge fund moguls...

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#NotDying4WallStreet Goes Viral as Progressives Reject Efforts to Put Corporate Profits Over Public Health

Protesters picketing outside a JP Morgan Chase branch on Manhattan in November 2019 as part of a growing national movement to hold the bank accountable for its central role in funding the global fossil fuel industry.

Coronavirus Crisis, Says Coalition, Must Force Wall Street to Finally Recognize Perils of Climate Shocks 'Barreling Towards Us'

Red sign hanging at the glass door of a shop saying "Closed due to coronavirus."

New 'Hurricane-Sized Increase' in Unemployment Claims, Warn Economists, Is Just the Beginning

A bar sits closed in the early evening in Brooklyn after a decree that all bars and restaurants shutdown by 8 pm in New York City as much of the nation slows and takes extra precautions due to the continued spreading of the coronavirus.

'Just the Beginning': Nearly 1 in 5 Americans Say They or Someone in Their Household Already Lost Hours or Jobs From Coronavirus

The Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged to a historic loss Monday.

'Coronavirus Collapse': Dow Drops Record-Smashing 3,000 Points as Outbreak Panics Markets

Five financial firms are funding the oil extraction business in the Amazon rainforest despite promising to act to mitigate the climate crisis.

New Report Takes Aim at Five Banking Institutions Backing Amazon Rainforest Exploitation

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on March 09, 2020 in New York City watch as the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell more than 2,000 points.

As Dow Jones Drops Record 2,000 Points on Coronavirus, Progressives Say Response Should Focus 'On Helping Working People'

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, the former vice president, arrives for a rally at Tougaloo College in Tougaloo, Mississippi on March 8, 2020. (Photo: Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images)

'All You Need to Know': Biden Reportedly Weighing Billionaires Michael Bloomberg and Jamie Dimon for Cabinet Posts

'There Is Genuine Panic': Fears of Global Financial Meltdown as Human Toll of Coronavirus Grows

'Disturbing': Study Shows DOJ Prosecutions of White-Collar Criminals Hit All-Time Low Under Trump

CNBC editor Rick Santelli on Thursday called for infecting the world population with coronavirus to protect stock prices.

'This Is Your Brain on Capitalism': CNBC Market Analyst Rick Santelli Calls for Infecting Global Population With Coronavirus to Help Wall Street

Traders work the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on March 4, 2020 in New York City.

Markets Plunge as Critics Say Trump's "Keep the Stock Market Calm" Approach Has Backfired

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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.

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The Greenlining Institute

Senate Bill Puts Corporations Ahead of People, Greenlining Institute Says

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BlackRock Must Manage for Climate Risk as it Takes On Fed Debt Buyout Program

People's Action

Huge Progressive Coalition and Key Congressional Leaders Demand a People’s Bailout in Response to Coronavirus Crisis

Stop the Money Pipeline

COVID-19 Recovery Must Help Prevent a Future Climate Crash on Wall Street: Policymakers Need to Ensure COVID-19 Stimulus Plans Better Protect the Financial System and Economy From the Risks of Climate Change

Patriotic Millionaires

Burr and Loeffler Insider Trading Requires "Resignation and Prosecution"...

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Republicans Issue Extremely Weak Bailout CEO Pay Plan

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Dorothee Benz

When the Invisible Hand Gives You the Finger

Robert Reich

In the Name of Profit and Greed, Billionaire Class Declares: 'Back to Work!'

Les Leopold

Is Wall Street Killing Grandma?

Christian Parenti, Dante Dallavalle

Our Economy Is a Sick Beast: The Corporate Debt Crisis Explained

Dean Baker

Any Corporate Bailouts Should Wipe Out Shareholders First

Kenneth Peres

A Biden-Trump Election Is a Win-Win for Wall Street and a Loss for Our Democracy

Ralph Nader

The Federal Reserve Dictatorship Runs Amok Against Savers

Josh Bivens

Coronavirus Shock Will Likely Claim 3 Million Jobs By Summer

Robert Reich

Coronavirus Outbreak Proves There Is No Public Health System in the US

Nomi Prins

The Fed, the Virus, and Inequality