Category Archives: Financial Reform News

Action Center: Tell Congress to Hold Banks Accountable

Tell Congress to Hold Banks Accountable Join Americans for Financial Reform and our allies around the country in our first National Senate Call-in Week, March 1 – 4, 2010. AFR is joined in this effort by our large coalition of organizations, small businesses, and individuals.

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Elizabeth Warren: Wall Street’s Race to the Bottom

Professor Elizabeth Warren submitted this Opinion piece to the Wall Street Journal yesterday.  As the Chair of the TARP Congressional Oversight Panel, Professor Warren has been vocal about the need for increased consumer protections and has been a staunch supporter of the creation of a

Heather Booth: Beware Frank Luntz’s Lies

AFR Director Heather Booth has a new column on the Huffinton Post exposing Frank Luntz’s lies about financial reform.  Here’s an excerpt from her post: Seen this ad from the “Committee for Truth in Politics”? If the name weren’t comical enough, the visuals are. But

The Main Street Brigade is Underway

The Main Street Brigade is a rapid response team, nationwide, that can be activated to protect our communities against just this kind of devastation. Right now, we are ALL vulnerable to the big banks, CEOs and Wall Street institutions whose irresponsibility and risky behavior caused

Regulating Derivatives and Shadow Markets

To get our economy back on track, we must regulate the financial instruments known as “derivatives.”  Derivatives are traded on Wall Street in secretive “shadow markets.”  These markets need to be brought into the light to secure financial safety for regular investors – folks depending

Heather Booth’s Latest Blog Post on Financial Reform and Jobs

Heather Booth, the Executive Director of Americans for Financial Reform, is now blogging on the Huffington Post.  Click here to read her profile and subscribe to her blog. This week, she’s talking about the link between unemployment and the need for financial reform, especially given