A year and a half since the reckless behavior of the Big Banks took our economy to the edge of the abyss and cost 8 million Americans their jobs, the Senate is moving towards passage …

While the rest of us struggle to deal with lost savings, homes and jobs – armies of Wall Street lobbyists are spending millions to kill financial reform in Congress.
But after losing so much to Wall Street’s …

For Immediate Release
April 19, 2010

AFR Statement on the Derivatives and Overall Banking Legislation
Heather Booth, Director, Americans for Financial Reform: “A year-and-a-half since the reckless behavior of the Big Banks took our economy to the …

Students organize opposition: Group plans protest, petition against JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon
The Syracuse Daily Orange reports that students have begun to organize to oppose upcoming commencement speaker Jamie Dimon.  The paper states:
About 30 students gathered …

Elizabeth Warren wrote this piece in Politico.  Here is an excerpt:
Banks or families?
For almost a year, the big banks and the American Bankers Association have presented that choice to Congress. Lobbyists argue that meaningful consumer …

The Senate passed and the President signed into law a bill which will eliminate the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) student lending program.  Instead, all government loans will use the “Direct” lending program.   AFFIL applauds …