- Time Magazine Picks Occupy Wall Street as the top news story of 2011
- Occupy Protesters Have Blocked Access to Three West-Coast Ports--The port truck drivers published an open letter.
- Many in Gen X disconnected from 'Occupy'
- Alan Moore Reacts To Frank Miller – "We Have Diametrically Opposing Views"
- The 1% reacts to OWS, Green Arrow edition
- US Republicans in climbdown on payroll tax deal--In other words, they caved.
- Is This The Moment The GOP Implodes?--Boehner not only cut off the pro forma session short but also the C-SPAN cameras so as to avoid discussing the payroll cut extension.
- Poll: Job approval for Congress sinks to new low
- The 1 Percent, Revealed: The superrich have drawn a clear line in the sand between themselves and everybody else. How did we get here?
- Bankers Join Billionaires to Debunk ‘Imbecile’ Attack on Top 1%
- A Christmas Message From America's Rich
- Hedgefunds got insider tips from politicians--Scratch my back.
- The Corporations that Occupy Congress--"30 brand-name companies paid a federal income tax rate of minus 6.7 percent on $160 billion of profit...." Emphasis mine.
- Why Lobbying Transparency Is More Important Than Open Government
- Break up the banks: Feds must end 'too big to fail'--"Making them smaller and less 'systemically' important may be the only way to get them to lend more. If they hold less capital, they can start taking some risks without a chance of blowing up the whole financial system."
- Bill Black's Handy Guide to Bankster Fraud, From 'Small Fraudulent Fry' to 'Septic Tank Scum'--"The white collar criminologist calls out Bush and Obama for not prosecuting financial fraud and demands an end to the free pass for campaign contributors."
- Bail-out Bombshell: Fed "Emergency" Bank Rescue Totaled $29 Trillion Over Three Years--"While the 99% suffered hardship, a new study shows that the Fed propped up buddies in the banking industry and a vast shadow banking system far beyond what anyone has guessed."
- Bankers ready to take legal action to protect bonuses--"As banks decide on 2011 pay, City lawyer Paul Quain warns that they will be hit by legal claims."
- Revealed: bankers' secret meetings with ministers--"Details of Treasury visits prompt fears Osborne will take soft line on banking reform."
- It's official: Housing market was sicker than we thought
- "The FBI Estimates That 80 Percent Of All Mortgage Fraud Involves Collaboration Or Collusion By Industry Insiders"
- BofA to pay $335 million to settle Countrywide mortgage bias probe
- Bank Of America Decides To Let Foreclosed-Upon Family Stay In House Until Wife Dies
- Bringing America Back: A Bank Doing the Right Thing--"Instead of moving quickly to foreclose and cover losses, Webster Bank is committed to helping families stay in their homes."