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Free Ride! Meet the Companies That Don't Even Pretend to Pay Taxes

Lynn Parramore, AlterNet. March 22, 2012.

Need something to kickstart your American Spring protest? Consider that big corporations are happy to take our tax dollars -- while finding new ways to skip out on Uncle Sam.

1%er Michael Bloomberg Massively Sucks Up to Goldman Sachs

Alex Pareene, Salon. March 16, 2012.

After a Goldman Sachs investment banker write an op-ed saying the company was toxic, Mayor Mike Bloomberg visited the firm's HQ to personally cheer them up.

Goldman Sachs Takeaway: Fix Our Financial System or Get Ready for the Next Horrific Collapse

Marshall Auerback, AlterNet. March 15, 2012.

Only an overhaul in our broken banking and financial system will prevent the next collapse. Goldman Sachs' misdeeds are merely a symptom of a much bigger problem.

Corruption and Policy Vacillation: Two Sides of the Goldman Sachs Problem

Matt Stoller, Politico. March 15, 2012.

America has faced the dangerous combination of vacillating government policymaking and financial industry corruption before. Here's what we can do to fix it.

The Public Trial of Goldman Sachs

Lynn Parramore, AlterNet. March 14, 2012.

The public reaction over this week's Goldman Sachs revelations speaks volumes of the firm's power and the public rage over its ethical lapses.

Eliot Spitzer: How Wall Street is Gaming the Greek Bailout

Eliot Spitzer, Slate. March 5, 2012.

The credit-default hypocrites are back in business.

10 Ways to Support the Occupy Movement

Sarah van Gelder, YES! Magazine. October 23, 2011.

There are many things you can do to be part of this growing movement—and only some of them involve sleeping outside.

Occupy Wall Street is a Movement Too Big to Fail

Chris Hedges, Truthdig. October 17, 2011.

The movement spreading around the United States and the world is simply too big and too radical to be co-opted by political parties or establishment groups.

Obama Administration Has Many Ties to Big Banks--And Protesters Occupying Wall Street Know It

J.A. Myerson, AlterNet. October 9, 2011.

The president has been left behind by a fast-growing movement that considers the Democratic Party closer to the banks than to the 99 percent.

Anthony Weiner's Uncensored Penis Picture Plus 10 Other Images That Are Even More Obscene (Warning: Graphic)

Joshua Holland, AlterNet. June 9, 2011.

Weiner's junk isn't the only perverse image rocketing around the Internet -- here are 10 other shocking pics.

7 Ways Hedge Funds Lie, Cheat and Steal

Les Leopold, AlterNet. May 11, 2011.

The billionaire head of the Galleon hedge fund was found guilty of 14 counts of securities fraud and conspiracy, but he's not just an isolated "bad apple."

Former Goldman Sachs Banker Revving Up Smear Campaign Against Elizabeth Warren

Zach Carter, Huffington Post. March 18, 2011.

Is a former Goldman banker using the Wall Street Journal to defame the consumer watchdog?

How Meg Whitman Failed Her Way to the Top at eBay, Collecting Billions While Nearly Destroying the Company

Mark Ames, Yasha Levine, AlterNet. October 26, 2010.

Former CEO Whitman's record of gross incompetence, massive waste and personal enrichment is breathtaking. That the media isn't talking about it is incredible.

Meet Dylan Ratigan, That Guy on MSNBC Who Can Talk a Mean Streak About the Scam Artists on Wall St.

Zach Carter, AlterNet. August 14, 2010.

Dylan Ratigan is an unlikely champion of the common man, yet is emerging as one of the strongest voices for economic reform in the United States.

Unless You're a Shill for Banks and Big Business, The Washington Elites Will Call You Controversial

David Sirota, AlterNet. July 21, 2010.

Tim Geithner and Chris Dodd's opposition to Elizabeth Warren stems from the fact that she wasn't a puppet for big banks.

How Goldman Sachs Caused a 'Silent Mass Murder,' Gambling on Starvation in the Developing World

Johann Hari, Independent UK. July 2, 2010.

How Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank, the traders at Merrill Lynch, and others caused the starvation of some of the poorest people in the world.

"Lure People Into That Calm and Then Just Totally F--k 'Em": How All of Us Pay for the Derivatives Market

Zach Carter, AlterNet. June 11, 2010.

Derivatives are a hotbed of abuses and bailouts. So why are taxpayers footing the bill?

Leaving Granny Behind: Do Obama's Debt Commissioners Want to Impoverish Older Women?

Martha Burk, Other Words. June 2, 2010.

Like Freddy Krueger, the fight to privatize Social Security never really dies: It's a nightmare that keeps returning in different forms.

America's Ten Most Corrupt Capitalists

Zach Carter, AlterNet. May 13, 2010.

Wall Street's captains of industry and top policymakers in Washington are often the same people. A lot of them get rich by playing for both teams.

Was Last Week's Market Crash a Direct Attack By Financial Terrorists?

David DeGraw, Amped Status. May 10, 2010.

In a market where 70 percent of all trades are executed by computer algorithms via High Frequency Trading, Goldman Sachs has the power to make the market crash or rise at will.

6 Things You Might Not Know About Supreme Court Nominee Elena Kagan

Liliana Segura, AlterNet. May 10, 2010.

Here's a fuller portrait of Kagan's background and what makes her tick.

What BP's Oil Mess and Goldman Sachs' Rip-off Schemes Have in Common

Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Blog. May 5, 2010.

After 30 years of deregulation, it's no wonder everything from oil production to banking is screwed up.

Dems Break GOP's Attempted Filibuster in the Senate, But Proposed Wall Street Reforms Are Pretty Flimsy

Zach Carter, AlterNet. April 29, 2010.

The good news: Democrats didn't sacrifice much to break the GOP filibuster. The bad news: the Wall Street reform bill is still too weak.

What the Former Obama Lawyer's Defection for Goldman Sachs Says About 'Transparency' in Washington

Sarah Laskow, AlterNet. April 27, 2010.

Why is the top White House lawyer taking a job at Goldman Sachs?

Taibbi: The Lunatics Who Made a Religion Out of Greed and Wrecked the Economy

Matt Taibbi, The Guardian. April 26, 2010.

The SEC's lawsuit against Goldman Sachs is a chance to prevent greed without limits.

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