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Show Us Your Money: Why The Senate Must Pass The DISCLOSE Act

Lisa Gilbert, Public Citizen. March 29, 2012.

The momentum is building for Congress and the SEC to expand disclosure of who is bankrolling federal campaigns.

Shareholder Activists (Including a Beastie Boy) Win Net Neutrality Victory Over AT&T

Simon Maloy, Media Matters for America. February 26, 2012.

The Beastie Boys may have finished what the FCC started. One Beastie Boy, anyway. And Phil Kerpen of Americans For Prosperity is not happy about it.

The 18 Most Secretive Corporations in the Citizens United Era

Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet. January 31, 2012.

These companies hide their electioneering and don’t care. But here's how we can change that.

Business Leaders Demand SEC Regulate Corporate Political Spending

Lisa Gilbert, Public Citizen. January 20, 2012.

Corporate reformers have launched a mounting campaign at finance industry regulators to curb corporate political excesses.

7 of the Nastiest Scams, Rip-Offs and Tricks From Wall Street Crooks

Dave Johnson, AlterNet. December 26, 2011.

How many high-level Wall Street players have been put in jail for the crimes that led to the financial crisis? Not. Even. One.

Another Corporate Thief Gets Off the Hook -- 5 Reasons to be Outraged at the SEC's Ruling on Citigroup's Scams

blank blank, Blog for Our Future. October 21, 2011.

Public anger will keep growing as long as the government keeps handing out free passes instead of perp walks to bankers at serial corporate criminals like Citigroup.

5 Conservative Economic Myths Occupy Wall St. Is Helping Bust

Dave Johnson, AlterNet. October 10, 2011.

For decades the corporate media has force-fed “conventional wisdom” free-market economic nonsense to the American public.

10 Things to Know About Wall Street's Rapacious Attack on America

Les Leopold, AlterNet. October 6, 2011.

But now Americans are fighting back and there's no telling where Occupy Wall Street can lead.

Matt Taibbi on the Explosive Investigation Revealing the SEC's Cover-Up of Wall Street's Crimes

Amy Goodman, Matt Taibbi, Democracy Now!. August 23, 2011.

In an interview with Amy Goodman, Matt Taibbi explains how the SEC has let the Wall Street bankers who created the global economic crisis get away with it all.

Guess How Much More Wall St. Spends on Bonuses Than on Penalties for Torpedoing the Economy?

deleted, AlterNet. June 27, 2011.

The crooks who brought down the economy get a slap on the wrist.

5 Outright Illegal Scams That Should Put Wall St. Bankers Behind Bars

Zach Carter, AlterNet. September 21, 2010.

From laundering drug money to gouging you on overdrafts, here are five scams where Wall Street ran afoul of the law.

Robert Rubin, Citi Execs Knew They Were Selling High-Priced Garbage but Got a Pass from Regulators

Marian Wang, ProPublica. September 13, 2010.

Citi got off with a slap of the hand, but Rubin and other execs weren't even held accountable.

The Financial Elite Have Been on a 30-Year Onslaught Against the Middle Class

Arianna Huffington, Huffington Post. April 20, 2010.

We are in the midst of a precipitous drop in economic and social mobility, which has undermined the foundation of our democracy.

How Deregulation Fueled Goldman's Scam

Zach Carter, The Media Consortium. April 20, 2010.

It's good to see Goldman Sachs being held accountable, but better regulations could have prevented the company's subprime scam.

There's Plenty of Fraud on Wall Street to Be Investigated Right Now

Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Blog. March 31, 2010.

While financial reform is needed, there's no reason to wait for it. The laws are already on the books.

Top 10 Ethics Scandals of 2009

CREW Staff, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington. December 24, 2009.

Madoff, Sanford and Murtha are just a few who made it onto the top 10 list of the nation's most ethically challenged players of the year.

Congressman Gives SEC Attorney Hell in Madoff Hearings

Isaac Fitzgerald, AlterNet. February 4, 2009.

Rep. Ackerman to SEC attorney: "Your value to the American people is worthless."