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ABC News: Goldman Protests Mount
December 16, 2009 – 12:16 pm

This week’s bonus actions are making the airwaves.  Folks around the country are turning up to protest the huge bonuses going to top executives at the banks which sank our economy and are fighting hard …

Seattle Protests Criticize Big Bank Bonuses
December 16, 2009 – 8:23 am
Seattle Protests Criticize Big Bank Bonuses

This week’s bonus actions are making the airwaves.  Folks around the country are turning up to protest the huge bonuses going to top executives at the banks which sank our economy and are fighting hard …

Diane Rehm: New Rules for Wall Street
December 14, 2009 – 9:40 am
Diane Rehm:  New Rules for Wall Street

AFR coalition member Travis Plunkett of the Consumer Federation of America and Professor Michael Greenberger discussed the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2009 on NPR today.  Listen here.
The House takes up the …

Bill Moyers Discussion on Financial Reform with AFR’s Heather Booth
December 11, 2009 – 10:32 am
Bill Moyers Discussion on Financial Reform with AFR’s Heather Booth

The power of the people. Earlier this fall, the JOURNAL traveled to Chicago to check in with protestors outside the American Banking Association’s …

Accidental Hunt Brothers: $344 Million Buys A Lot Of Loopholes
December 11, 2009 – 9:34 am

Cross posted from The Accidental Hunt Brothers
December 10, 2009 by Adam
The world financial system nearly melted down in 2008. This was a result of the interlocking web of exposures between major financial institutions caused …