Tag: Wall Street
Rail workers blame fiery train crash in Ohio on Wall Street...
"The PSR-driven carriers, driven to cut costs and crew time by any means necessary, cut corners and leave crews and the public at risk."
Wall Street bonuses soar by 20%, nearly 5 times the increase...
Due to Washington inaction, millions of essential workers continue to earn poverty wages, while the reckless bonus culture is alive and well on Wall Street.
‘Jaw-dropping’: Wall Street bonuses have soared 1,743% since 1985
A new analysis finds that if the federal minimum wage had increased at the same rate, it would currently be $61.75 an hour.
Khanna-Warren bill would ban Wall Street profiteering on water scarcity
"Water must be managed as a public resource, not a corporate profit center."
Disaster capitalism ‘hits new heights’ as Wall Street profiteers cash in...
“Seems a lot easier and cheaper to make an emergency fund permanent rather than pay private lender fees.”
Taking aim at predatory equity firms, Warren leads bill to ‘stop...
"Private equity firms get rich off of stripping assets from companies, loading them up with a bunch of debt, and then leaving workers, consumers, and whole communities in the dust."
New bill to prevent Wall Street from continuing to finance fossil...
“For too long, our federal government has looked the other way while our nation’s largest banks bankroll the dirtiest fossil fuel projects.”
Study: Financial markets ignore environmental damage
Credit-rating agencies say they can discipline companies that behave badly, and they have in some cases, but research reveals negligible progress.
Forget the badgering of hack politicians. Consumer boycotts & eco-smart investing...
Imagine the convergence when boycotts and selective stock investments boost targeted street actions
Wall Street’s $3 billion political investment is a bargain
The For the People Act would loosen the financial industry’s grip over our political system.
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Trump’s second term delivers massive gains for billionaires as working Americans face cuts and...
New data and polling show wealth surging at the top under Donald Trump while healthcare, food assistance, and affordability erode for millions.
What’s it going to take to get to mass strikes?
General strikes can have a tremendous impact, but to succeed they require an organized majority.
Experts warn Minnesota crackdown mirrors early stages of US civil war scenarios
Legal scholars and political scientists say the Trump administration’s escalating ICE operation, National Guard brinkmanship, and Insurrection Act threats in Minnesota closely resemble conditions identified in civil war simulations, raising alarms about constitutional collapse and violent state federal conflict.
Ending republican control will require overcoming the democratic leadership
The last 12 months have shown that Donald Trump’s party is bent on methodically inflicting vast cruelty and injustice while aiming to crush what’s left of democracy and the rule of law.
How much ego-serving cataclysm must MAGA Trumpism wreak—before fierce adversaries resist?
Looking older, bedraggled and more deranged, Trump is running out of laws, rules, thresholds, institutions, alliances and Congressionally-mandated programs to burn down.