Tag: Wall Street
A Whining Wall Street Banker Pleads for Pity
JP Morgan is facing another multi-billion dollar fine for massive illegalities. But why is John Pierpont Morgan whining about the most recent fine? He's never actually had to pay the price and go to jail.
Why Wages Won’t Rise
The key strategy of the nation’s large corporations and financial sector has been to prevent wages from rising. And if you didn't already notice, corporations and Wall Street are calling the shots.
A Flat-footed Backflip for Wall Street
Congress did a dazzling flip-flop, putting taxpayers back on the hook for the banksters’ high-risk speculation. It's always something else when Wall Street and Congress get together—in secret.
New Year’s Resolutions: Ten Ways to Combat Upward Redistribution of Income
The one percent pretend that their good fortune was the result of the natural workings of the market. Is it possible to change the structure of the market so that money doesn’t continue to flow upward?
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Finally, Trumpers build their loyalty test ‘border wall’—only to keep out desperately needed voters
The party’s “rigged” addiction to sabotaging a legitimate election is itself “stealing” away its own leverage.
A Victorian logging company just won a controversial court appeal. Here’s what it means...
The ruling means logging is set to resume, despite the threats it poses to wildlife.
Video shows mentally ill man’s death in sheriff’s custody
“I don’t want any violence in my city. I want us to view this tape and I want us to learn what we don’t want happening here.”
100,000 march in London to support Palestinian resistance
The protest follows Israeli settlers attempted eviction of Palestinians in Sheikh Jarrah, east Jerusalem, cops’ attacks on Al Aqsa mosque and airstrikes on Gaza.
New HSBC-backed coal plants will contribute to 19,000 deaths annually, new study estimates
Researchers said the total health impacts of the plants could amount to $6.2 billion a year.