| Oct 22, 2025 | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyThe Trump administration has eliminated the entire staff of the Treasury Department’s Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Fund. This is more than bureaucratic reshuffling — it’s an assault on one of the most effective and bipartisan vehicles for...
| Sep 12, 2018 | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyThe rich are hiding trillions in wealth. You’ve probably heard about their offshore bank accounts, shell corporations, and fancy trusts. But this wealth isn’t all sitting in the Cayman Islands or Panama. Much of it’s hiding in plain view: maybe even in...
| Dec 7, 2016 | Economy / BusinessDuring the campaign, Donald Trump said he wanted to fix our rigged economic system. And we can’t do that, he said, by counting on the people who rigged it in the first place. He talked a big game about Wall Street and the big banks. He repeatedly called out...
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| May 27, 2014 | Economy / BusinessFirst, Wall Street’s government bailout restored the banksters who wrecked our economy to full prosperity. Now, it’s paying off very handsomely for the bank overseers who orchestrated the bailout. For example, as chairman of the Federal Reserve for eight...
