Category Archives: AFR in the News

Boston Globe: Popular Brown also takes hits

The Boston Globe ran a this story about the Massachusetts arm of AFR on July 2, 2010.  Excerpt: That helps explain the gold BMW 328i with the 2 1/2-foot bow on New Sudbury Street yesterday. And the limousine that idled on the same street in

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AP: Brown cuts backroom deals he campaigned against

An AFR event in Boston is referenced in this AP article.  Excerpt: Advocates of the bill to rein in Wall Street were casting Brown’s dealmaking as a shift from underdog candidate in a pickup truck to something more amorphous. The Massachusetts branch of Americans for

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TheStreet: Financial Reform: Petitions vs. Lobbyists

Read the full article here.  Here is an excerpt: NEW YORK (TheStreet) — While Main Street headed to lawmakers’ doorsteps with thousands of voter petitions on Wednesday to sway the debate on financial reform, Wall Street and corporate America were spending big bucks on lobbyists. Both

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AFR Mentioned in Boston Globe Op-Ed: Countervailing Power

Americans for Financial Reform was recently mentioned in a Boston Globe Op-Ed by Robert Kuttner.  The piece talks about the need for citizens to stand up to lobbyists and other corporate powerhouses, from big banks to big oil. More than half a century ago, the

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AFR’s Call with Stiglitz Earns Widespread Press Coverage

AFR recently helped host a press conference call with Robert Stiglitz and other experts regarding the need to reform big banks’ deceptive practices.  The call, which you can read about and listen to here, has been mentioned in multiple media sources including the ones listed