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Ehrenreich: How Corporations and Local Governments Rob the Poor Blind

Barbara Ehrenreich, TomDispatch.com. May 17, 2012.

The trick is to rob them in ways that are systematic, impersonal, and almost impossible to trace to individual perpetrators.

Loan Service Companies Leave Student Borrowers in the Lurch

Marian Wang, ProPublica. May 7, 2012.

One million borrowers have discovered their federal student loans randomly transferred to new loan-serving companies -- and little about the transition has been smooth.

Will the Young Rise Up and Fight Their Indentured Servitude to the Student Loan Industry?

Bruce E. Levine, AlterNet. January 24, 2012.

The solution to class exploitation and abuse is always the same: Get conscious, get angry, get energized, and get organized.

$422,320 for a College Degree? With Tuition Skyrocketing, It is Time to Rethink Higher Education

Sarah Jaffe, AlterNet. January 16, 2012.

Unless we act now, the current $1 trillion student debt bubble is going to look small in 18 years—and the only ones able to go to college will be the children of the 1%.

They Got Bailed Out, We Got Sold Out: How the Banks Profit from the Lack of Jobs

Sarah Jaffe, AlterNet. August 11, 2011.

Consumer borrowing hit its highest level since August 2007 this June; here's why that's not a good sign for the economy.

The Big Life Challenges Facing the 20-Something Generation

Aliza Bartfield, AlterNet. September 3, 2010.

People in their 20s are taking longer to start careers and get married. What's going on?

WaMu Bank Executives Knew of Rampant Fraud, Yet Failed to Act

David Heath, The Huffington Post Investigative Fund. April 14, 2010.

A Senate investigation finds that in the largest bank failure in history, executives were aware of fraud, yet failed to take action.

Higher Education Should Be Free -- And We Need a Movement to Make It So

Liza Featherstone, The Nation. June 16, 2009.

Why not take the meritocratic promise of this country at face value and try to make it real?

Stimulus Stagnation: Bipartisanship Is Sunk

Zach Carter, Media Consortium. February 3, 2009.

Lawmakers who actually care about the fate of the U.S. economy are furious.

Don't Pardon the Junk Bond King

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.

How Our Gutless Media Helped Trigger the Credit Crisis

Trudy Lieberman, Columbia Journalism Review. November 20, 2008.

Government and greedy bankers aren't the only ones to blame.

After the Housing Bill: Time to Address Foreclosures

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.

Are We Facing Just Another Market Problem or a System Collapse?

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.

Economic Meltdown: The Consequences of Legal Bribery

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.

Subprime Is Really SubCRIME: America's Deeper Financial Crisis

Danny Schechter, AlterNet. February 21, 2008.

Policy proposals are not enough to save the economy. Candidates, take note.

Paul Krugman Has Housing Bubble News That Will Scare the Crap Out of You

Christy Hardin Smith, Firedoglake. December 20, 2007.

According to Krugman, it is going to be a bumpy ride. For everyone.