Campaign for America's Future is calling for an "all-out push today to stop a backroom deal that would reopen the Wall Street derivatives casino that caused so much damage in 2008."

It is bad enough that the commodities markets are filled with bad actors. But to allow banks to participate in — and dominate — this brutal and opaque marketplace is costly to the public and dangerous.

Taxpayers not only kept Wall Street afloat, we also subsidized their fines.

A Nation article about JPMorgan Chase’s $13 billion settlement should confirm the public’s darkest suspicions about that institution and its CEO, writes Richard Eskow.

As the 2008 financial crisis showed the public can pay a steep price for this two-way dependence. But it doesn't have to be this way.

Our banks are larger than before the 2008 crash and they're still living dangerously, economist Anat Admati tells Bill.

A roundup of stories we're reading this morning at Moyers & Company HQ...

The fawning coverage of crony capitalists by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. does America a disservice.

Historian Peter Dreier talks about outraged citizens fighting corruption and financial columnist Gretchen Morgenson on why JPMorgan may be getting off easily.

Financial columnist Gretchen Morgenson says that if the government were really being tough on Wall Street they would bring criminal charges against individuals at US banks.