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

The rules change will allow the president to appoint pro-reform candidates to several key Wall Street watchdogs.

A collection of interviews with politicians, policymakers, journalists and one ex-banker about the systemic flaws that led our economy to the brink of collapse.

Economist Simon Johnson says implementation of the act's Wall Street reforms is "painfully slow" and that our financial system remains at risk.

Missed deadlines and Congressional hearings put more speed bumps in the road to implementation for the Volcker Rule.

Simon Johnson says the losses show something is fundamentally wrong with the way banks manage and control risk.

In this Moyers Moment, Paul Volcker responds to Jamie Dimon's assertion that the Volcker Rule will interfere with market-making.

Paul Volcker on why banks are wrong to undermine the Volcker Rule, Carne Ross on the power of ordinary people to effect change in government and commerce, and a Bill Moyers Essay.

Powerful interests are trying to hit the brakes on financial industry reform, but some states are standing up to them.

Volcker defends the rule -- now under siege -- that he says aims to end conflicts of interest between bankers and their customers.