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Jamie Dimon

Jamie Dimon’s $13 Billion Secret

The inside story of JPMorgan Chase’s landmark mortgage settlement

by William D. Cohan

Why Is the Justice Department Falling Short With Mortgage Settlements?
Financial penalties are good. Personal accountability would be better.
The Editors
Posted Aug 13 2014 - 5:47pm
America’s New Harvest of Shame
Ohio Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur visited the tobacco fields of North Carolina. What she saw there should concern all Americans.
Marcy Kaptur
Posted Aug 4 2014 - 12:00pm
The Real Solution to Wealth Inequality
Both Republicans and Democrats want to solve economic insecurity by giving people more purchasing power. There’s a better solution.
Mike Konczal
Bryce Covert
Posted Jul 30 2014 - 1:30pm

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News and Features

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Detroit Water Protest
Wringing Detroit Dry (Disaster Capitalism, Economic Policy)

Detroit residents are fighting austerity for all of us.

John Nichols
The New Abolitionism (Climate Change, Corporations, Environmental Activism)

Averting planetary disaster will mean forcing fossil fuel companies to give up at least $10 trillion in wealth.

Christopher Hayes
San Diego
If Congress Won’t Raise the Minimum Wage, These Cities Will (Cities Rising, Labor, Wages and Hours)

Since June, San Diego and Los Angeles have passed a trio of minimum wage increases. Which city will be next?

Agnes Radomski and John Thomason
Amazon
When Will the Justice Department Take On Amazon? (Corporate Media and Consolidation, Internet and New Media, Mergers and Antitrust)

As the online behemoth strengthens its monopoly over the marketplace, publishers, like bookstores, are in a fight for survival.

Steve Wasserman
Costco Warehouse
How a Good Employer Supports Union Busting (Labor Organizing and Activism, Corporate Responsibility, Unions)

Costco has cultivated a sterling reputation, but labor activists describe horrors down the supply chain.

Andrew Elrod

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