Listen to AFR Director Heather Booth discuss financial reform, the causes of the economic crisis, and how to get involved in the fight to rein in the big banks here.
Heather’s portion begins around 19:30.

For Immediate Release
March 31, 2010
Washington, DC – Americans for Financial Reform, a coalition of over 200 groups, called upon Congress to support the “Financial Crisis of 2008 Criminal Investigation and Prosecution Act of 2009” authored …

The Honorable Marcy Kaptur
United States House of Representatives
Washington, DC 20515
March 31, 2010
Dear Representative Kaptur:
We are writing in support of H.R. 3995, the “Financial Crisis of 2008 Criminal Investigation and Prosecution Act of 2009,” authored by …

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
DATE: March 26, 2010

Consumer Protection: Just the Facts, Ma’am

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Lies Won’t Stop Reform

Washington, DC – The U.S. Chamber of Commerce claims it stands up for the …

The New York Times published an article discussing how labor unions have been helping in the fight for financial reform.  AFR was mentioned in the following excerpt:
Unions are holding up many of their own members …

Consumer rights activists staged a protest inside the Bank of America building in St. Louis on March 24th.  The protesters, organized as part of the People’s Settlement, called for a freeze on foreclosures and specifically …