The burgeoning pro-democracy, anti-Trump movement known as 50501 expects to drive tens and possibly hundreds of thousands to protest in 1,000 cities and towns on Saturday.
Too Big To Fail
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Senate Votes to End Advantages for "Too Big to Fail" Banks
From the Dept. of Good News: The Senate actually did something useful.
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When Our "Government of Laws" Is Above the Law
Attorney General Eric Holder, speaking for the administration with an alarmingly casual nonchalance, traduced the whole notion of a nation of laws.
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Britain's New Law to Break up Unlawful Banks
British banks that fail to shield their day-to-day banking from risky investment activities could be broken up.
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How to Cut Megabanks Down to Size
A member of the Federal Reserve Board argued last week that megabanks not only threaten taxpayers with bailouts and should be broken up, but their continuing failure to lend is also thwarting the economy.
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Dr. Occupy, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Run for Congress
I'm one of the minority in the Occupy movement who optimistically believes our politics can be redeemed, that direct action tactics and grassroots campaigns can be brought successfully to electoral politics. So I ran for office.
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America is Not Broke!
We have been told repeatedly that America is broke, that something must be cut and/or taxes raised or we will drown in debt. But these five multi-trillion dollar economic reforms would turn the American economy around to the positive.
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Why Did the Architect of "Too Big to Fail" Change His Mind?
Poor Sandy Weill's pension is gone. No wonder he's rethinking things.
