The former Countrywide Financial chief took half a billion dollars in compensation for loans that blew up our economy and bought out Congress with his “Friends of Angelo” mortgage benefits. But he is still a free man.
Read moreEconomic Justice
Combating inequality means both lifting up and building power at the bottom, and breaking up concentration of wealth and power at the top. That’s why we work at the intersection of economic and racial justice through projects designed to build leadership and self-empowerment of black workers, immigrant workers, and low-wage workers, youth and families affected by incarceration, along with projects aiming to reverse the rules that criminalize poor people of color, and projects fighting to ensure that the wealthy and Wall Street corporations pay their fair share of taxes.
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The Lineup: Week of July 9-15, 2012
Daphne Wysham says Washington’s recent storm and heat wave underscored the need for wiser energy choices.
Read moreA Perfect and Hot Storm
It’s time to save ourselves from a climate nightmare of our own making.
Read moreYear of the Gaffe
We’ve got four more months of this.
Read moreDrinking MOX-Laced Lemonade
The government is spending $15 billion to create a nuclear fuel derived from plutonium that we have to bribe companies to take.
Read moreWhy Women Love John Roberts
The Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the health care mandate may not stop the war on women, but it surely feels good to win such a decisive battle.
Read morePennsylvania’s High-Profile Pedophile Scandals
The Penn State and Philadelphia archdiocese cases are parallel examples of two grand, exalted institutions fleeing their moral responsibilities.
Read moreSabotaging Montana’s Campaign Finance Legacy
The Supreme Court has trumped a century-old state law that made the state a model for campaign finance in America.
Read moreMitt’s Gift of Gaffe
How about a disabled American for president?
Read moreOur Troops as Cannon Fodder
Wars of conquest are most popular if they can be made to appear tidy, safe, just, and relatively cost-free.
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