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Debating Trump’s Tax Proposal (CNN, April 2017)
In a debate on CNN with Stephen Moore, a former Trump campaign adviser and fellow at the Heritage Foundation, I pointed out that “only one dollar for every nine dollars in tax revenue is curren...
Conflicted Stock Trading in the Cabinet: Tom Price and Vincent Viola
Trump’s crony cabinet nominations continue to roll in. I want to tell you about two that have gotten less attention: Tom Price and Vincent Viola. Tom Price is currently a Republican member of...
Don't Let Trump & Congress Destroy Our Safety Rules
At the start of 2017, the House of Representatives will vote on two dangerous bills that will endanger our health & safety and threaten our financial system: the REINS Act and the Midnight Rules ...
A lesbian on Wall Street challenges her former colleagues on Steve Bannon
As you probably already know, I'm a lesbian who used to work on Wall Street. I was encouraged this year when Wall Street stood against the anti-trans law HB2 in North Carolina. But the industr...
Senator Warren Tells Wells Fargo CEO to Quit His Job
In a Senate Banking Committee Hearing today, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) called on Wells Fargo CEO John Stump to quit his job. The hearing was called in response to the discovery that Wells...
ITT Shut Down. Some Options for its Former Students
After years of preying on students seeking a better life, the for-profit college ITT Tech announced this week that it would be shutting its doors. ITT’s decision followed a decision by the ...
13 Democrats Oppose Efforts to Stop Discrimination at Auto Dealers
An auto dealer charging someone more for a car loan, simply because they’re black or Latino? It’s illegal under federal law. Yet it keeps happening. And 13 Democrats in the House of Represent...
Former Texas Senator: CEOs are the real victims
One need only look at recent headlines to see that bigotry is alive and well in the United States. Black college students are as likely to get hired as white high school drop-outs . Women are sti...
The Department of Housing is Wall Street’s Latest Clean-Up Crew
What’s a government agency to do when a major source of profits for two big banks is at risk? Why, just try and make the problem go away for them, of course! Mortgages are still big busines...
Republican Horrified His Party Backed Gay Candidates
What’s a bigoted Republican to do when the GOP campaign arm funds openly gay candidates? If you’re Rep Scott Garrett, the answer is simple: don’t pay your dues in protest. We’ve long ...
Supreme Court Upholds Protections to Housing Discrimination
Today, in a huge blow to bigots everywhere, the Supreme Court decide to PRESERVE key protections against racial and other discrimination in housing. What was at stake is the ability for the gove...
Alexis on Bill Maher, then Brietbart
To deviate from finance for just a moment, last night I had the pleasure of joining “Realtime with Bill Maher.” We discussed the hyper-aggressive policing of black children at a pool party ...
Department of Education Makes Corinthian Debt Cancellation as Difficult as Possible
Today, the Department of Education decided against doing its job. Instead of providing broad debt cancellation to former students of Corinthian Colleges, Inc, the Department decided to requi...
Rep Ann Wagner Goes to Bat for Wall Street Profits
Rep. Ann Wagner has picked an unusual hill to die on. The Department of Labor plans to write new rules to reduce the conflicts-of-interest that some of America’s retirement advisors have. ...
Has Your Student Loan Servicer Screwed You? The CFPB Wants to Know
In my latest for Medium.com’s “Bull Market ,” I write about the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s call to everyone with student debt to write and tell them about their road blocks a...
Wells Fargo Co-Opts Lesbian Moms
Wells Fargo has long been plagued by charges of racist, predatory lending. And the uprising in Baltimore has re-ignited the scrutiny on their past practices. Bryce Covert wrote for Think Prog...
Pressure is on Dept of Education to Obey the Law
The pressure is building on the Department of Education to cancel the debt of defrauded students of the now-closed for-profit chain, Corinthian Colleges, Inc. From two big new endorsements from m...
For-Profit Schools Get Bailed Out, Students Get Sold Out?
Image credit: DonkeyHotey (CC BY 2.0 ) When the subprime crisis hit, Congress agreed to bailout the financial industry only after they were promised homeowners would see relief, too. But in...
Nine State Attorneys General Call on Dept of ED to Forgive Corinthian Debt
The pressure continues to build on the Department of Education to FORGIVE THE DEBTS OF SCAMMED STUDENTS OF THE FOR-PROFIT CORINTHIAN COLLEGE, which collapsed last year under the weight of over 20...
Tim Pawlenty, Wall St Mega-Lobbyist, Talks Jeb Bush
Sunday’s print edition of the NYTimes featured an article about Jeb Bush’s candidacy for President , and whether or not he’s the inevitable Republican nominee. The article quotes various Re...