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.
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Launching A Postal Savings Bank: Infrastructure that Doesn’t Cost Taxpayers a Dime
A postal bank in the U.S. could appeal to savers generally who are concerned about the safety of their deposits.
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The Two Centers of Unaccountable Power in America, and Their Consequences
One goes by the name of the “intelligence community” and its epicenter is the National Security Agency within the Defense Department. The second goes by the name of Wall Street and is centered in the largest banks there.
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The Racial Wealth Divide: Why Housing Matters
This infographic draws attention to the intersection of housing as both a globally-recognized human right and as a commodity in a global stock market controlled by the wealthy.
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Wall Street, Pay Your Taxes: The Music Video
Early in the morning / I rise up in the street / We quit smokin cigarettes / To have shoes on our feet
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Corporate Gold on the Fiscal Cliff
Big money buys big influence, which is why the financiers of Wall Street never truly experience regime change.
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"The Untouchables": How Obama Let the Bankers Get Away Free
A new PBS Frontline program, "The Untouchables," centers on the Obama justice department's failure to make a single arrest or prosecution of senior-level Wall Street bankers whose crimes and fraud took down the economy.
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The Fiscal Cliff Deal is Wall Street’s Latest Scam
If you liked toxic investments and the 2008 financial crisis, you’ll love Wall Street's deficit deal.
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The Legacy of Occupy: Sticking It to Wall Street
To “occupy” Wall Street is no longer a policy demand, if it ever was. Extending democracy to Wall Street might be a better and bolder banner - with proposals for greater disclosure, accountability, regulation, a transactions tax and more.
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Occupy's Kind Second Act
For its second act, the Occupy Movement has turned its attention to debt abolition and the Hurricane Sandy relief effort.
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This Is the Worst Election for Wall Street in Decades
The combination of President Obama, Elizabeth Warren and a newly invigorated Democratic Party should make some bankers very, very nervous.
