Journalists have a responsibility to plainly tell the truth about how truly different the Democrats and the Republicans are today, especially with both democracy and the rule of law at stake this November.
Mary Jo White
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Did Shell's Failure to Disclose Climate Risks Break the Law?
Congressmen who have asked the Securities and Exchange Commission to investigate Exxon now request a similar probe of Shell.
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Elizabeth Warren and Allies Delay Obama's S.E.C. Pick, Citing Deep Corporate Ties
Keir Gumbs is a corporate attorney with Covington & Burling and has links to the American Petroleum Institute – he also gives advice to companies on how to dodge scrutiny from shareholder activists.
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Why is Washington Still Protecting the Secret Political Power of Corporations?
Regulators at the SEC could illuminate the future of campaign donations – but they aren't interested in disclosing the truth, even though voters are.
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Obama in Plunderland: Down the Corporate Rabbit Hole
Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker? What’s next? Labor Secretary Donald Trump? SEC Chairman Bernie Madoff? The president's latest high-level appointments — boosting corporate power and shafting the public — are despicable.
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Obama's Pick for SEC Head Puts Fox in Charge of the Hen House
Mary Jo White is a perfect symbol of the revolving-door culture: where regulators go soft on suspected Wall Street criminals, knowing they have million-dollar jobs waiting for them at hotshot defense firms as long as they play nice in office.