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The Best and the Greediest? Ivy League Students Are Still Heading to Wall Street

Lynn Parramore, AlterNet. May 27, 2012.

The first post-Occupy Ivy League classes are graduating. Will they be any less likely than their predecessors to flock into finance?

10 Reasons You Should be Suspicious of Wall Street's Facebook Fiasco

RJ Eskow, Campaign for America's Future. May 23, 2012.

Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, and JPMorgan Chase all have a history of the kinds of unethical and/or illegal behavior that might explain what happened with Facebook.

How Wall Street Drives Up Gas Prices -- Ripping Us Off and Killing Jobs

Les Leopold, AlterNet. May 3, 2012.

Next time you fill up your tank, remember that $10 to $25 is going right from your pocket to the financial sector.

Why I Had to Get Out: Confessions of a Wall Street Insider

Alexis Goldstein, N+1 Magazine. May 1, 2012.

The culture of Wall Street is pervasive and contagious. I drank the Kool Aid. I'm out of it now. But I'd like to tell you what it was like.

Occupy AIDS: ACT UP Celebrates 25 Years by Marching On Wall Street

Michael Bouldin, AlterNet. April 24, 2012.

ACT UP developed a model of direct action that is in many ways a template for Occupy--so it's not surprising that they're joining OWS for a march on Wall Street.

New Super-PAC Threatens to Destroy Candidates Who Side With the People Over Wall Street

Dave Johnson, AlterNet. April 6, 2012.

Banks are pioneering a more cost-effective method of dealing with legislators who stand in their way.

10 Ways Our Democracy Is Crumbling Around Us

Les Leopold, AlterNet. April 5, 2012.

The financial rot is deeply impacting our democratic structures.

How One Local Official in North Carolina Is Trying to Hold Wall Street Giants Accountable for Widespread Fraud

Joshua Holland, AlterNet. March 25, 2012.

Jeff Thigpen is trying to restore the rule of law in one North Carolina county.

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.

What If the “Broken Windows” Theory Were Applied to Wall Street?

William K. Black, New Economic Perspectives. March 6, 2012.

James Q. Wilson's famous “broken windows” theory led to strict policing of working class behavior. What if his ideas were applied to Wall Street?

How Right-Wing Smears Against Occupy Exploit Victims of Rape in the Movement

Sarah Seltzer, AlterNet. February 26, 2012.

Right-wingers are using sexual assault at Occupy to justify smears and attacks. Here are the facts.

Why I Broke Up With Bank of America

Rae Abileah, AlterNet. February 22, 2012.

Wall Street banks are trashing our economy and our environment in the name of their own profits—do you buy into their corruption and greed?

My Journey from Iraq to Working on Wall Street to Occupying Wall Street

Derek McGee, The Nation. February 12, 2012.

An Iraq vet shares the story of the journey that brought him from the streets of Fallujah to the Occupy protests.

How to Score a Foreclosure Fraud Settlement Deal

Richard (RJ) Eskow, Campaign for America's Future. February 7, 2012.

There are well-established facts to guide us, and the principles involved are clear.

Bill Moyers: 6 Movies You Have to See About the Financial Crisis

Bill Moyers, Moyers & Company. February 2, 2012.

Here are some important movies and documentaries that try to make sense of the financial collapse.

Inside the Bacchanalian Wall Street Fraternity Party of Billionaire Bankers and Hedge Fund Predators

Bill Moyers, Michael Winship, AlterNet. January 30, 2012.

It may be bleak on Main Street, but Wall Street's partying like it's 2006.

7 Ways to Really Take the Ax to Wall Street

Les Leopold, AlterNet. January 4, 2012.

We're talking about how to save democracy from the plutocratic rule of elite financiers. It's time to think big.

Our Economy Has Failed -- Until We Admit That, We're Screwed

Kai Wright, Colorlines.com. December 30, 2011.

Industries, communities, natural resources, even sports leagues have collapsed as Ronald Reagan’s corrosive vision has become dominant.

Thomas Frank: How the Right Wing Hijacked Rage Over the Economic Collapse and Swindled America

Jefferson Morley, Salon. December 28, 2011.

Frank discusses one of the most important political developments of the Obama presidency: how the crash of 2008 served to strengthen the political right.

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.

The 1 Percenters Who Act Like Scrooge...and the Ones Who Don't

Lynn Parramore, AlterNet. December 22, 2011.

Some say that the 99 percent should shut up and thank the fatcats for their crust of bread. But a few 1 percenters think that's humbug.

Eliot Spitzer: Our Rallying Cry Should Be, "We Own Wall Street and We Can Stop Corporate America's Worst Behavior."

Eliot Spitzer, Slate. December 21, 2011.

If the public exercised its ownership capacity by influencing board member selection, compensation, and political donations, then these companies would be fundamentally altered.

Bill Black's Handy Guide to Bankster Fraud, From 'Small Fraudulent Fry' to 'Septic Tank Scum'

William K. Black, Benzinga. December 20, 2011.

The white collar criminologist calls out Bush and Obama for not prosecuting financial fraud and demands an end to the free pass for campaign contributors.

Wall St's Latest Shameless Ploy to Fleece You

Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Blog. December 10, 2011.

The industry's effort to overturn new regulations could push public anger past the point of no return.