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A sign for Wall Street is displayed on the side of building near the New York Stock Exchange, Monday, March 4, 2013. Uncertainty over the outcome of a budget battle in Washington pushed world stock markets lower on Monday. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
May 19, 2013 | Perspectives
Greg Kaufmann speaks with labor union organizer Stephen Lerner about the intersection between poverty and Wall Street accountability.
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April 21, 2013 | News & Notes
Banks are moving their shareholder meetings to escape protesters, but the protesters are following. Last week it was U.S. Bank fleeing to Boise, this week it's Wells Fargo hiding in Salt Lake City.
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March 22, 2013 | Moyers & Company

Bill takes a close look at avarice, banks, and capitalism — the ABCs of economic inequality — with insight from Sheila Bair and Richard Wolff. Continue reading

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March 22, 2013

The former FDIC chair joins Bill to talk about American banks’ manipulative practices and seeming immunity from real scrutiny or prosecution. Continue reading

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February 1, 2013

The journalist explains how our government — fearing another economic calamity — lets big banks off the hook for detestable behavior. Continue reading

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February 1, 2013

Taibbi tells Bill there’s no excuse for the government turning a blind eye to big banks’ shockingly unethical decisions. Continue reading

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November 19, 2012 | News & Notes
A group of Occupy activists are raising money to purchase distressed debt and cancel it in a new initiative called the Rolling Jubilee.
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October 26, 2012

Former TARP special inspector Neil Barofsky joins Bill to discuss the critical yet unmet need to rein in big banks. Continue reading

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October 23, 2012

Former TARP Inspector General Neil Barofsky explains his disappointment with the former Citigroup CEO and the president for failed financial leadership. Continue reading

Photographers and videographers stand in a New York City Police Department-erected pen across the street from the garage entrance to Katie Holmes apartment building, after Holmes filed for divorce from husband Tom Cruise. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
August 7, 2012 | Smart Charts

Media Matters for America reports that two of the four networks are completely ignoring one of the biggest banking scandals in recent history. Continue reading

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