The American people clearly spoke, and the drubbing Democrats received requires looking beyond just issue polls, voting patterns, campaign strategy, or get-out-the-vote tactics.
Eric Holder
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Prosecuting Wall Street: It's Time to Bring the Banks Before a California Jury
Sixteen of the world’s largest banks have been caught colluding to rig global interest rates – so why are we doing business with a corrupt global banking cartel, and isn't it time someone prosecuted them?
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FBI Used No-Fly List to Bully Muslims Into Becoming Informers
Naveed Shinwari hasn’t seen his wife in 26 months. He suspects it’s because he refused to become an informant for the FBI.
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Now We Know: JPMorgan Chase is More Criminal Than Enron
Foreclosure fraud, investor fraud, cheating customers, market manipulation, LIBOR - and now, a $2 billion fine for closing its eyes and covering up as Bernie Madoff scammed widows and orphans.
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ACLU Report: Thousands Serving Life Without Parole for Nonviolent Offenses
At least 3,728 prisoners in the United States will spend the rest of their lives in prison for nonviolent offenses, costing taxpayers $2 billion.
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Here's what we still don't know about the U.S. drones program
Nearly six months ago, President Obama promised more transparency and tighter policies around targeted killings. How much has changed since then?
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What Fine? Why JPMorgan Is Laughing All the Way to the Bank
The $13 billion fine on civil charges, including $4 billion in direct assistance to swindled homeowners in mostly depressed inner city neighborhoods, is to be applauded. But it represents only about half of the profit JPMorgan garnered last year.
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JPMorgan Chase Fined Historic $13 Billion for Mortgage Fraud
The settlement between America's largest bank and the Department of Justice was greater than the anticipated $11 billion, and will not release the bank from facing further criminal liability charges for its role in helping bring down the US economy.
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92-Year-Old Woman Sues North Carolina Over New Wave Of Voter Suppression
Rosanell Eaton, who at 21 became one of the first African Americans in her county to vote, is one of several individuals and civil rights groups suing the state for what may be the most restrictive voting law in the nation.
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Federal Government Sues Bank of America Over $850 Million Investor Fraud
The U.S. is suing the Bank of America for investor fraud over the sale of $850 million worth of residential mortgage-backed securities.
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Zimmerman's Acquittal and the Call for a New Civil Rights Movement
We must mobilize and organize to assert popular power independent of the courts and corporate political parties if we are to create a world where Trayvon, and the millions he has come to represent, can thrive without fear.
