- The American dream has become a burden for most—"As wages stagnate and costs rise, US workers recognise the guiding ideal of this nation for the delusional myth it is."
- At 77 He Prepares Burgers Earning in Week His Former Hourly Wage
- Hero plumber who saved British tourist after taxi accident fired from construction job—"All that commotion, my boss had enough of it and decided it would be better to fire me ... I think I would have been better off doing heroin than being a hero."
- Wal-Mart to create more fulltime positions—"After undergoing criticism that the company skimps on benefits, Wal-Mart will elevate 70,000 employees to permanent part-time or full-time positions. Wal-Mart will also hire 55,000 seasonal workers." It's also because they discovered they can't run on a skeleton crew.
- Jerry Brown signs bill to raise California minimum wage
- Goodwill won't pursue charges over clerk's discounts
- Bangladesh clothing workers still exploited, five months after factory fire, Panorama investigation finds
- 50,000 Bangladeshi garment workers strike over 'inhuman' wages
- Bangladesh Labor Protests: This Is Just the Beginning of Worker Unrest
- Inequality for All—A documentary starring Robert Reich
- Krugman: Plutocrats Feeling Persecuted—"Have you heard the latest about how bad the richest of the rich have it these days? It is reason to fear the wrath of the .01 percent!" NYT
- The Sick Ayn Randian War Against Everyone Who Isn't Rich—"The GOP's vote to gut food stamps is the latest in its campaign against non-wealthy Americans."
- Food Stamps vs. Farm Stamps: Subsidizing GOP Hypocrisy
- Stimulus Funds Paid For Trees For Wealthy Homeowners
- AIG CEO: Anger over AIG bonuses 'just as bad' as lynchings—Does he have any experience with lynching [Salon]?
- Bank of America goes to trial over U.S. mortgage fraud charges
- Wells Fargo fails to end U.S. mortgage fraud lawsuit
- JPMorgan Chase, 12 More Banks Sued Over Libor
- Looting the Pension Funds—"All across America, Wall Street is grabbing money meant for public workers [Salon]."
- Banks find appalling new way to cheat homeowners—"So much for the National Mortgage Settlement. Homeowners are now getting foreclosed on without their knowledge!" Salon
- Warren, Petraeus Speak on Financial Issues Facing Those Who Serve
- Hingham homeowner shares her story—"Had to unravel FEMA flood insurance error."
- Some Traders Got News Of Last Week's Fed Shocker Before Everyone Else
- Somebody Stole 7 Milliseconds From the Federal Reserve
- A Single Trader Lost Millions Betting On Mitt Romney On Intrade Late In The 2012 Election
- Whistleblower: HSBC Still Laundering Money for Terrorists, Drug Cartels
- Whistleblower: Banks may be laundering poker money
- Was This Whistle-Blower Muzzled?—"Thanks to political pressure and the revolving door between Washington and Wall Street, the events leading up to the financial crisis remain obscured." NYT
- JPMorgan's Legal Hurdles Expected to Multiply—"JPMorgan Chase paid $1 billion to resolve an array of government investigations last week. But more hurdles lie ahead." NYT
- J.P. Morgan Offers $3 Billion to End Mortgage Probes—Seems to be up to $11 billion to include other transgressions. Here's a list.
- JPMorgan chief meets Holder in bid for deal to end probes, avoid criminal charges
- Are Republicans afraid that health care reform may prove popular?
- ObamaCare Employer Mandate: A List Of Cuts To Work Hours, Jobs
- Fox News: Obama in Plot to Force Americans to Live Longer—This is satire. This is not.
- GOP Descends Into Civil War Over Obamacare As Shutdown Looms
- US braces for possible government shutdown—Guess whose salaries don't get cut in the meantime?
- Obama's Debt Ceiling Red Line: No Deals—"The president says he won't negotiate. John Boehner says he has to. Who blinks first?"
- Senate kills effort to derail budget bill
- Republican hard-liners block strategy to avoid federal government shutdown
- Wall Street to GOP: Are you nuts?
- Your False-Equivalence Guide to the Days Ahead—"A kind of politics we have not seen for more than 150 years."
- Seymour Hersh on Obama, NSA and the 'pathetic' American media—"Pulitzer Prize winner explains how to fix journalism, saying press should 'fire 90% of editors and promote ones you can't control.'"
- Sen. Dan Coats Uses His Five Minutes At Intelligence Committee Meeting To Rant About Media And 'Non-Trusting' Public
- Sen. Ron Wyden: NSA 'repeatedly deceived the American people'—"About the Snowden disclosures, the Oregon Democrat told the NSA chief: 'the truth always manages to come out.'"
- Dianne Feinstein Accidentally Confirms That NSA Tapped The Internet Backbone
- Sen. Feinstein: Press Must Stop Calling NSA Spying 'Surveillance'
