Topic: Goldman Sachs
Goldman Sachs-backed firm invests big in shipping tar sands by train...
The tar sands have a larger carbon footprint than other oil products when accounting for the product's entire life cycle – making it bad news for the climate.
Trump’s Goldman Sachs vampire squid presidency
Headline after headline explains that Trump has hired “yet another” veteran of the firm.
Trump stands up for bad bankers
Trump has let the American people know whose side he’s on, and it’s not theirs.
‘Populist’ Trump punks his fans
In Trump's economy, there will be winners and – as he would say – losers. Can you guess which the bankers will be?
Trump: The Dress Rehearsal for Fascism
Our system of inverted totalitarianism has within it the seeds of an overt or classical fascism.
Ding-Dong! Goldman Sachs Just Ate Denmark For Breakfast
A battle has been lost for democracy and accountability, while the pockets of the rich and powerful have grown further.
Who Says Crime Doesn’t Pay?
One more reason Wall Street bankers privately wink and grin at these seemingly huge punishments is that even paying the full $5 billion would only be relatively painful.
Crime Can Pay if It’s Big Enough
For banksters like Goldman Sachs, federal criminal settlements are just a cost of doing business.
Wall Street’s Fraud of the Week Club
“Despite the evidence, many people still see these banks and the people who run them as respectable corporate citizens. In the words of that unnamed Goldman Sachs executive: If they only knew.”
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In the last 40 years CEO pay has risen by 937% while worker wages...
America’s inequality problem continues to be the worst in the industrialized world.
Body cam video shows cop shoot tail-wagging dogs
The Minneapolis police say that officers will now receive additional training for encountering dogs on possible burglary calls.
Don’t trust business with education
Greasy politicians use education funds to enrich corporations – and themselves.
Good news on Social Security and Medicare? Reports show just that
This is a good point to keep in mind as the Republicans try to dismantle Obamacare.
Baltimore cop suspended for planting evidence on video
Within the past six years, the city of Baltimore has paid more than $13 million to settle lawsuits alleging police misconduct.
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