Courtney E. Martin, AlterNet. July 29, 2009. We need both women and men, and folks from a range of ethnic and class backgrounds, informing the creation of business "not as usual."
Agence France Presse July 13, 2009. Madoff is reportedly being sent to a North Carolina facility widely described as a "crown jewel" in the federal prison system because of the reputation of its staff and medical facilities.
Danny Schechter, AlterNet. February 24, 2009. Why haven't we seen punishment for those corporations that "recklessly sliced and diced all this debt into worthless gambling chips."
Frank Rich, The New York Times. January 12, 2009. It will be easier for us and Obama to push for a bold agenda if we demand accountability for the robbery and theft of the Bush years.
James Saft, Reuters. January 8, 2009. Like those Bilked by Madoff, we too thought our retirement funds were growing miraculously, but ours was an illusion fueled by debt rather than fraud.
Maura Stephens, AlterNet. December 29, 2008. All of Wall Street has been engaging in crimes and swindles like Madoff's against the American people, and the rest of the world, for decades.
Sam Pizzigati, Too Much: A Commentary on Excess and Inequality. December 23, 2008. For obvious reasons, we probably couldn't have picked a better year than 2008 to "honor" our most avaricious.
Nicholas von Hoffman, The Nation. December 19, 2008. Madoff's fall has planted the seeds of suspicion. We now doubt those we have done business with for years. The presumption of trust is gone.
