Global Power Project, Part 7: Banking on Influence with Citigroup

Citigroup, the largest single recipient of US taxpayer bailout funds with some $476 billion in cash and guarantees, didn't just defraud investors: it foreclosed on hundreds of U.S. military members who served in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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Obama's Pick for SEC Head Puts Fox in Charge of the Hen House

Mary Jo White is a perfect symbol of the revolving-door culture: where regulators go soft on suspected Wall Street criminals, knowing they have million-dollar jobs waiting for them at hotshot defense firms as long as they play nice in office.

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Biting the Hand That Fed Them, Wall Street Banks Abandon Obama

In contrast to 2008, when Wall Street's biggest financial firms donated heavily to elect Barack Obama, this year just one Wall Street bank, Wells Fargo, is listed among Obama’s top 20 largest donors.

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Advertising Evil: The Corporate Makeover

The same financial institutions that took down our economy are back, in most blatant advertising sense, telling us how wonderful they are and why we should like them again. By voting with their dollars, Americans may just say no.

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Sad But True: Corporate Crime Does Pay

The SEC could bring contempt of court charges against a raft of corporate offenders, but it doesn’t -- and financial firms on Wall Street keep reaping the profits of their criminality.

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Occupy Wall Street Protesters Flood Morgan Stanley Annual Shareholder Meeting

Occupy Wall Street held a day of action Tuesday, part of a larger weeklong schedule of protests that coincidentally aligns with Internet Week in New York. First up on Occupy’s agenda yesterday morning: a protest at Morgan Stanley’s annual shareholder’s meeting.

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This May 15, Another City is Possible

On May 15, join thousands in a mass convergence at Times Square for the culmination of a week of actions against austerity and corporate greed.

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