Christie’s New Jersey Window On American Recovery
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie just pulled the plug on a bipartisan pension funding deal he’s been touting as the kind of economic solution he’d bring to America. So is what’s good for New Jersey good for the rest of the country? And has it been so good to New Jersey?
BOA Lied To Homeowners, Rewarded Foreclosures, Former Employees Say
Former Bank of America employees gave sworn statements that the bank lied to homeowners, denied loan modifications for bogus reasons and rewarded employees for sending homeowners to foreclosure.
The Courage To Put Yourself On The Line
Demonstrators today are using their bodies to send a message to Eric Holder that it is time to stop shielding the big Wall Street banks from prosecution. Hundreds of homeowners who have been playing by the rules while the big banks have cheated them are risking arrest at the Department of Justice to make an unmistakable statement: it is about time for the government to side with poor and middle class folks who the bankers have screwed rather than those banks who have been cheating them.
Occupy Our Homes: Hold Wall Street Accountable
Occupy Our Homes, the Home Defenders League, and others are joining fed-up homeowners who are ready to demand action from the DOJ against criminal bankers.
The Greatest Disappointment
There is a new report out this morning once again reminding us of the greatest disappointment progressives have in the Obama administration: the lack of toughness in regards to Wall Street. <a href="http://www.campaignforfairsettlement.org/obama_legacy_threatened" target="_hplink">The report</a>, issued by the Campaign for a Fair Settlement (full disclosure: this is a coalition I have helped in various ways since their founding), is probably the most harshly critical analysis yet by a coalition aligned with traditional progressive Democratic groups. The report opens with this damning list of hard to dispute facts, and then just goes on from there.
This Is Not A Good Thing: Big Banks 'Helping' Troubled Homeowners
Short sales end with the homeowner out of the home. This is the most common "penalty" on banks in the mortgage settlement.
Occupy Wall Street - The History Of An Occupation
New documentary tells the definitive history of Occupy Wall Street from its early days through the movement's rapid spread, up to the brutal crackdown by state authorities.
New York City Homeless Population Soars To Record 43,000
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The Coalition for the Homeless reports the number of people living in New York City homeless shelters has reached an all-time high of 43,000. Critics attribute the spike in homelessness to the Bloomberg administration’s
Fault Lines: The History Of An Occupation
Fault Lines tells the definitive history of Occupy Wall Street from its early days through the movement's rapid spread up to the brutal crackdown by city officials.
In the fall of 2011, New York's Zuccotti Park grabbed the world’s
Community Rallies In Support Of Blanca Cardenas, March Through Downtown LA
Members of the community, occupiers, and immigration groups gathered at Olvera Street in Downtown Los Angeles on Sunday to protest the deportation of Blanca Cardenas. Police arrested Cardenas earlier this month after refusing to leave her home,
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