A roundup of some of the stories we're reading at Moyers & Company HQ...

Seeing a profitable opening in the wake of the foreclosure crisis, investment groups have worked diligently to bring a “rentership society” into being.

The watchdog agency has issued dozens of protections shielding consumers from shady practices by mortgage lenders, student loan servicers and credit card companies.

Last week, Wells Fargo bankers traveled from San Francisco to Salt Lake City for their shareholders meeting in an attempt to avoid protests, but activists weren’t deterred.

After facing protests in their home city of Minneapolis, U.S. Bank executives moved their shareholders meeting to Idaho -- but the outrage followed.

Barofsky describes some unscrupulous practices he found at the Home Affordable Modification Program, or HAMP, and his efforts to reform the program