Making Presidential Campaign History, Sanders Breaks Individual Contribution Record

‘You can’t level the playing field with Wall Street banks and billionaires by taking their money.’

Sarah Lazare
By Sarah Lazare
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt. listens as Imam Talib Shareef speaks during an interfaith roundtable hosted by at Masjid Muhammad, the Nation's Mosque in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2015, for a discussion on standing up to anti-Muslim rhetoric. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

The Bernie Sanders campaign announced Thursday that the Vermont senator has officially received two million contributions, putting him ahead—at this point in the election season—of every other candidate in U.S. history who was not a sitting president. Top aides say Sanders could even beat President Barack Obama's 2012 record. "In his run for a

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The Clintons And Their Banker Friends

The Wall Street Connection (1992 to 2016)

Nomi Prins
By Nomi Prins
Former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton wave to the media after the family leaves Manhattan's Lenox Hill hospital in New York.

Former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton wave to the media after the family leaves Manhattan's Lenox Hill hospital in New York. [This piece has been adapted and updated by Nomi Prins from chapters 18 and 19 of her book All the Presidents' Bankers: The Hidden Alliances that Drive American Power, just

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VIDEO: A Michigan Mother Loses Her Home Over A Missed Property Tax Payment

“When I paid the taxes in 2012 right there in Richland, no one said, ‘Oh, well you still owe money for 2011,’”Calley said. “So, I didn’t really have a clue. I thought I was right on time.”

MintPress News Desk
By MintPress News Desk
Detroits Race Wall

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Foreclosure Manual Dredges Up Issues With Mortgage Fraud

A Wells Fargo foreclosure manual surfaced, reflecting the nation’s murky history with mortgage fraud — an issue that has become a low priority for the FBI and DOJ.

Frederick Reese
By Frederick Reese
New Laws California

In recent weeks, the nation has been shocked to learn that efforts to combat mortgage fraud have been overstated. A U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of the Inspector General report found that despite public statements that combating mortgage fraud was a high priority, the Justice Department failed to uniformly prioritize criminal and civil

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Interview: New EU Reform Measures Fall Short, Danish Researcher Says

Though the European Union has lauded its own efforts to avoid another disastrous banking fall out, one Danish researcher says these efforts simply aren’t enough.

Magda Fahsi
By Magda Fahsi
EU Parliament

BRUSSELS -- In 2008, a major financial crisis rocked the world. In the European Union, this event sparked a political discussion on a series of measures designed to prevent the dire consequences of such crises in the future, including big bank bailouts. Meanwhile, five years have passed and the EU has adopted new financial rules under the

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Public Banks: Key To Freeing America From Wall Street?

Just one U.S. state currently has a public bank — and it’s trouncing the competition.

Katie Rucke
By Katie Rucke
Richard Hanzel, Brendan Hutt, Richard Shavzin

In its continued fight for economic justice for the 99 percent, especially in the wake of the 2008 financial collapse, Occupy Wall Street recently shared a story detailing how America can replace Wall Street financing with public banks. While the idea of a public bank may sound far too much like “socialism” to occur in the U.S., conservative North

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