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"Unstoppable" Homeowners Fight Mortgage and Foreclosure Fraud In Los Angeles
"We cannot give up, not now, not tomorrow, not until real changes come – we
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Carmen Segarra: The Whistleblower of Wall Street
The former employee of the New York Federal Reserve was fired after she refused to tone down a scathing report on conflicts of interest within Goldman Sachs.
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Ticket to Insolvency: The Fed's Bizarre New Rules to Asset-Strip Local Government
The latest misguided move by regulators could result in serious collateral damage to cities – maybe serious enough to finally propel them into bankruptcy.
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Even the Council on Foreign Relations Says It's Time to Rain Money on Main Street
When an article appears in Foreign Affairs recommending that the Federal Reserve do a money drop directly on the 99%, you know the central bank must be down to its last bullet.
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Show Me the America That Has Forgotten About Wall Street's Foreclosure Fraud
If we want a healthy society that follows its laws and applies them equally to everyone, we must demand a full investigation and criminal prosecutions for everyone involved in the mortgage backed securities fiasco.
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My Party Has Lost Its Soul: Former Clinton Aide Laments Victory for Wall Street Democrats
We yearn for a new politics but worry that our democracy, like that Antarctic ice shelf, has reached its tipping point.
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Exclusive: Euro-Crisis Report Links Bailouts and Austerity To Fascism's Rise Across Europe
In "False Dilemmas," Christina Laskaridis explores the origins and impacts of the debt crisis – looking at who engineered the bank bailouts, how they were able to get away with it, and what Europe has been left with.
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Parasite #1: The Shadow Banking System
Despite the 828-page Dodd-Frank Act, the derivatives pyramid has continued to explode to a value now estimated to be as high as $2 quadrillion.
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As Indignados Take Office, Pablo Iglesias and Podemos Party Bring New Spanish Justice
After winning 1.2 million votes, Spain's newest political party wants to raise minimum wages, abolish tax havens, nationalize banks rescued with public funds and establish a guaranteed minimum income.
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Big Banks Hit with Monster $250 Billion Lawsuit in Housing Crisis
Investors led by BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, and PIMCO, the world’s largest bond-fund manager, have sued some of the world’s largest banks for breach of fiduciary duty.
