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.
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 as victims of the banks’ bad bets, like subprime
CNBC reported that consumers are almost unanimous about the need for financial reform. The article touched on different activist campaigns that are underway concerning the issue. Also discussed was the resistance coming from organizations such as the American Bankers Association. Americans for Financial Reform was
Heather McGhee, the Director of the Washington office of Demos and a member of Americans for Financial Reform, was interviewed on CNBC this morning about Senator Dodd’s financial reform proposal. The segment below focuses on the proposed rule of the Federal Reserve in the new
Fight Club fans take note! AFR Executive Director Heather Booth wrote up the rules of real financial reform for the Huffington Post. Here are first few: The first rule of real financial reform is that you can’t stop fighting for it. The second rule of
Americans for Financial Reform has been getting lots of press attention related to the recent financial reform video from FunnyorDie, which you can read more about and watch here. Here is a sample of news outlets that have mentioned AFR in their articles; click on
Heather Booth, Executive Director of Americans for Financial Reform, was recently quoted in a New York Times article regarding the Senate’s work on financial reform and specifically the creation of a Consumer Financial Protection Agency. Heather Booth, executive director of Americans for Financial Reform, a
Americans for Financial Reform joined with Funny or Die to release this video about the need for financial reform and the Consumer Financial Protection Agency. It has been getting a lot of media attention. For a list of top news sources who have specifically mentioned
AARP recently commissioned a nationwide survey to understand public opinion on consumer financial protection issues. The results show nearly unanimous support for numerous consumer financial protections. Click here to read the report. Here’s an excerpt from the AARP press release regarding this survey: The survey
The Seattle Times recently published this article about Senator Maria Cantwell’s work on behalf of consumers against the big banks. They say: It’s not hard to find members of Congress channeling voter outrage by railing against greedy bankers, credit-card ripoffs and inflexible mortgage lenders. But