California is ground zero in the battle between homeowners and Wall Street.

Wells Fargo CFO Tim Sloan makes $8 million a year and lives in a $5 million house in San Marino, a wealthy Los Angeles suburb. His bank is trying to e...

Fannie and Freddie never signed on to the Shaun Donovan-brokered agreement; now, along with their overseer and majordomo, the Federal Housing Finance Agency, executives at the "three F's" are hunkered down in the trenches, hands clamped over ears.

"I didn't do anything wrong. I'm doing this for my family and for the millions of other families in similar situations. We can't let the Wall Street banks and Freddie Mac get away with these kinds of practices."

Many observers view this new phenomenon as the progressive counterpart to the Tea Party. There are some important similarities and some significant differences. Here are some key points of comparison.

Rose Gudiel is on the front lines of a growing protest movement to stop banks from foreclosing on families victimized by the economic crisis and abusive banking practices.

The Big Banks Bonus Bonanza report makes the case strongly for an economic play that would give the country a far bigger economic boost than anything Obama is going to be able to get out of Congress in the next two years.

Organizers believe that the recent victory on health care reform will help propel a similar movement to take on banking giants.