In this book excerpt, the reporter and former New York Times columnist writes about his cross-country trip investigating the lives of the 99 percent.

Now that numerous tech companies — such as Microsoft, Google and Facebook — have cut ties to the lobbying group, the pressure is on those that remain.

Deportations reached another record high last year and seem to be the Democratic response to right-wing dog whistling around Latino immigrants.

“Where there is little oversight, and lots of public dollars available, there are incentives for ethically challenged charter operators to charge for services that were never provided.”

The Fed's role as fraud denier was fatal to America's ability to stop the mortgage fraud epidemic.

This week marks the 5th anniversary of the passage of Dodd-Frank. Watch Bill's interviews with experts on the financial crisis and the current state of the banking industry.

A veteran bank regulator lays bare how Washington and Wall Street are joined in a culture of corruption.

The same voter ID laws and limits on early voting that debuted in 2012 are back.

"I fail to see the value or the worth in continued US casualties or expenditures of resources in support of the Afghan government in what is, truly, a 35-year old civil war."

After Ferguson, many towns are trying to return military gear supplied by the Defense Department — and finding it impossible.