Sanders believes that the repeal of the act in 1999 led to the formation of banks that became "too big to fail" — and will lead to another crisis without corrective legislation.

"Too big to fail" may soon be a thing of the past.

Each Democratic candidate has a plan to clean up the banks. The difference is in the details.

The progressives that Clinton is clearly trying to win over need to keep pressing for bolder reforms.

Members of Congress shouldn’t fall for these tactics. They should see these provisions for what they really are: special interest giveaways to Wall Street that have no place in this year's appropriations bill.

Members of Congress shouldn’t fall for these tactics. They should see these provisions for what they really are: special interest giveaways to Wall Street that have no place in this year's appropriations bill.

The banks are sticking with their picks. Paul Blumenthal breaks down the FEC numbers.

This week marks the fifth anniversary of Dodd-Frank, the complicated legislation designed to reform Wall Street after the financial crisis. Five years later, the debate still rages.

In the roaring 2000s, just as in the Roaring Twenties, America’s big banks used insured deposits to underwrite their gambling in private securities, and then dumped the securities on their customers.

The senator may not be running for president, but, as George Zornick noted this week in The Nation the speech she gave last Wednesday would likely be her agenda if she was.