The year 2020 has caused many white people to realize we live in a racist system. The Green New Deal is about systemic change for all, and deconstructing racism must be front and central in this agenda.
Matt Taibbi
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Angelo Mozilo, Disgraced Countrywide CEO, Plays Dumb
As chief of Countrywide, Mozilo headed the single most corrupt subprime mortgage lender in America during the period preceding the crisis.
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Outrageous HSBC Settlement Proves the Drug War is a Joke
If you've ever been arrested on a drug charge - if you've ever spent even a day in jail for having a stem of marijuana in your pocket or "drug paraphernalia" in your gym bag - the Assistant Attorney General has a message for you: Bite me.
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BofA CEO Pleads Amnesia
Brian Moynihan plays clueless during his long-awaited interrogation.
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U.S. Sues Wells Fargo: Yet Another Bailed-Out Bank Accused of Fraud
Wells Fargo got as much as $36 billion in federal aid after the financial crash. Now it is the latest bank being sued by the U.S. government for vast fraud in the mortgage markets.
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"Quantitative Easing": A Bank Bailout by a Different Name
The Federal Reserve's plan to create money out of nothing for the purpose of buying mortgage-backed securities will increase the already historic level of inequality that exists in the U.S.
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Why is Nobody Freaking Out About the LIBOR Banking Scandal?
The LIBOR manipulation story has exploded into a major scandal overseas.
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On Vampires, Past and Present
18th-century political wits routinely compared vampires to financiers and local bigwigs, not to mention heads of church and state.
