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The 99% Versus Wall Street: Stephen Lerner on How We Can Mobilize To Be the Greedy 1%'s Worst Nightmare

Sarah Jaffe, AlterNet. December 22, 2011.

Savvy organizer and big thinker Stephen Lerner talks to AlterNet about how to take power back from Wall Street.

Houses Being Occupied, Banks Taking Notice: How 'Occupy Our Homes' Is Evolving

Jon Christian, Campus Progress. December 19, 2011.

An internal Bank of America email that surfaced last week fretted that anti-foreclosure actions could "impact our industry."

2000s: The Decade from Hell for Almost All Americans But The Richest

Andy Kroll, TomDispatch.com. October 6, 2011.

In recent months, a blizzard of new data has laid bare the dilapidated condition of the American economy, and particularly of the once-mighty American middle class.

Middle Class Death Watch -- 33 Frightening Economic Developments

David DeGraw, Amped Status. September 18, 2011.

Downward mobility, homelessness spreading to the middle class, 200,000 public employees laid off? Here are some frightening trends to keep an eye on.

3 Organizations Take Up Where ACORN Left Off

Jake Blumgart, AlterNet. August 24, 2011.

After conservatives successfully dismantled ACORN, these groups are picking up the slack in empowering the poor and disenfranchised of America.

5 Ways Americans Are Surviving the Great Recession

Joshua Holland, AlterNet. July 24, 2011.

Being a resourceful people, Americans are adapting to their new economic situation in a variety of ways.

The Banks Promised to Clean Up Their Act -- So Why Are They Still Using Robo-Signers to Engage in Foreclosure Fraud?

Lauren Kelley, AlterNet. July 19, 2011.

After halting foreclosures for a time last fall, the banks have continued to submit mortgage papers "of questionable validity."

9 Signs That We May Be Living Through Another Depression

Joshua Holland, AlterNet. June 1, 2011.

Three in 10 Americans say we're living through another depression -- are they right?

5 Mega-Banks May Have Defrauded Homeowners -- Will the Justice Department Actually Prosecute?

Amy Goodman, Shahien Nasiripour, Democracy Now!. May 18, 2011.

The nation's five largest mortgage companies are being accused of defrauding taxpayers in their handling of foreclosures on homes purchased with government-backed loans.

Tea Partiers Have a Very Mixed-Up Notion of What the American Revolution Was About

William Hogeland, NewDeal 2.0. March 1, 2011.

Memo to Tea Party: The major political battle during the American Revolution was over the proper uses of money and credit. Not getting government out of the economy.

Armageddon for Home-Owners? 12 Facts That Show We're in the Midst of the Worst Housing Collapse in US History

Michael Snyder, The Economic Collapse. February 7, 2011.

Already, US home prices have fallen further during this economic downturn, then they did during the Great Depression.

Vision: The 5 Smartest Policies Enacted by American Cities in 2010

Amy M. Traub, DMI Blog. December 23, 2010.

Developers wanting tax breaks had to ensure that workers in the taxpayer-subsidized hotels, supermarkets, or office buildings were paid the industry-standard prevailing wage.

Bankers' Pay Still Skyrocketing, as Wall Street's Casino Rolls On

Sarah Anderson, Other Words. December 15, 2010.

While any petty shoplifter or check-bouncer would have to face the prospect of jail time, Countrywide CEO Mozilo thus far has managed to escape criminal charges.

Rampant Use of Private Contractors Means Less Transparency for TARP

Marian Wang, ProPublica. October 19, 2010.

The new report notes the U.S. Treasury’s awkward position of being both a regulator and a client of Fannie and Freddie

Foreclosure Moratorium Is Only Sane Response to Shocking Wall Street Mortgage Scams

Dean Baker, AlterNet. October 18, 2010.

The highest rates of foreclosure are on the quick and dirty loans made at the peak of the bubble.

Corporate Mortgage Scams Threaten to Crash an Already Shaky Housing Market

Scott Thill, AlterNet. September 29, 2010.

A foreclosure pandemic riddled by corruption may stall America's recovery.

Treasury Makes Shocking Admission: Program for Struggling Homeowners Just a Ploy to Enrich Big Banks

Zach Carter, AlterNet. August 25, 2010.

The Treasury Dept.'s mortgage relief program isn't just failing, it's actively funneling money from homeowners to bankers, and Treasury likes it that way.

Foreclosure Mills: America's Newest Housing Nightmare

Andy Kroll, Mother Jones. August 7, 2010.

Borrowers are getting screwed again as bailed-out banks send their foreclosure dirty work to con artists with a history of breaking the law.

Why Banks Try to Make Borrowers Feel Like Sinners When They Can't Pay off Their Mortgages

Zach Carter, AlterNet. June 5, 2010.

Crazy views about homeownership are helping the very bankers who screwed us in the first place.

Whip the Senate on Carper's Let-Banks-Violate-the-Law Amendment!

Zephyr Teachout, Zach Carter, AlterNet. May 13, 2010.

Sen. Tom Carper is trying to sneak a covert piece of brutal deregulation into the Wall Street reform bill. Don't let him get away with it!

Enough With 'Bipartisan Consensus' Already -- Ignore the Republicans and Reform Wall St.

Robert Kuttner, AlterNet. April 24, 2010.

If the Senate Democratic Leadership can resist the snake oil of a bipartisan deal, the bill will probably get stronger as it works its way through Congress.

Five Ways the Wall St. Reform Bill Needs to Be Fixed

Zach Carter, AlterNet. April 22, 2010.

The Wall Street reform bill in Congress won't live up to President Obama's goals -- unless we can push them to change it.

Simon Johnson: Wall Street's Stranglehold on Our Democracy Must Be Broken

Zach Carter, Simon Johnson, AlterNet. April 17, 2010.

The progressive economist talks about the fight to reform Wall Street, what Robert Rubin should do with his money, and why Jamie Dimon is the most dangerous man in America.

Banks Could Be Biggest Winners in Obama's New Foreclosure Plan

Amy Goodman, Dean Baker, Democracy Now!. April 1, 2010.

The biggest winners in Obama's latest foreclosure prevention plan are the banks that created this mess.

Home Underwater? Walk Away from Geithner's Perverse 'Homeowner Relief' Plan

Zach Carter, AlterNet. February 10, 2010.

The plan to supposedly aid homeowners drowning in debt adopted by Obama and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is just a money trough for the banks.

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