Zach Carter, Media Consortium AlterNet: Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace. February 3, 2009. Lawmakers who actually care about the fate of the U.S. economy are furious.
Mary Liz Thomson, AlterNet. January 20, 2009. One of the original financial felons from the 1980s, Michael Milken, is asking for a pardon from President Bush.
Dean Baker, TruthOut.org. July 29, 2008. The housing bill will likely help less than five percent of the families facing foreclosure over the next two years.
Danny Schechter, AlterNet. July 28, 2008. Even as foreclosures double, and the price of gas and food rises sharply, it's been business as usual in newspapers and in Washington.
Peter Dreier, Huffington Post. March 27, 2008. The financial services industry has shown again and again that it cannot self-regulate. It's time for the government to step in.