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Weekly Audit: Can Elizabeth Warren Save the Economy?

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Foreclosures, Elizabeth Warren, The American Prospect, Poverty, Regulation, Annie Lowrey, Jobs, Obama, The Nation, Kevin Drum, Kai Wright, Recession, Mortgage Crisis, Mother Jones, Tim Fernholz, Economic Inequality, Wall Street, Consumer Protection, Inequality, The Washington Independent, Economy, Politics News
The Media Consortium

by Zach Carter, Media Consortium blogger President Barack Obama's decision to appoint Elizabeth Warren to set up the new Consumer Financial Protection...

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Weekly Audit: Congress Must Get Tough On Wall Street

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Democracy Now!, The American Prospect, Tbtf, Lobbyists, Regulation, Jobs, Kevin Drum, Unemployment Rate, Kai Wright, Alternet, Wall Street Reform, Unemployment, Mother Jones, Paul Jay, Financial Crisis, Juan Gonzales, Wall Street, The Real News, Matt Taibbi, Stacy Mitchell, Lobbying, Financial Reform, Taibbi, YES! Magazine, Layoffs, Colorlines, Amy Goodmamn, William Black, Deregulation, Banks, Tim Fernholz, Too Big to Fail, Economy, Home News
The Media Consortium

by Zach Carter, Media Consortium blogger Congress returns from its April recess this week with financial reform at the top of its to-do list. With mil...

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Weekly Audit: How Superhero Hilda Solis is Winning the Fight for Workers' Rights

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Democracy Now!, The Washington Monthly, Labor Department, Economics, Esther Kaplan, Phillip Longman, Monopolies, Financial Reform, Bailouts, Department of Labor, Jobs, Obama, Barry Lynn, The Nation, Kai Wright, Alternet, Laura Flanders, Campus Progress, Colorlines, Grittv, Wall Street Reform, Unemployment, The Nation Institute, Hilda Solis, Bailout, Dodd, Amy Goodman, Juan Gonzales, Wall Street Bailout, Wall Street, Economy, Home News
The Media Consortium

By Zach Carter, Media Consortium blogger While the poor judgment of top-level officials at Treasury and the Office of Management and Budget frequently...

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Weekly Audit: Will Weak Reforms Bring on Another Crisis?

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Joe Costello, Enron, Financial Reform, Accounting Fraud, Federal Reserve, The Nation, Justice Department, Kai Wright, Ubs, Alternet, Birkenfeld, Fraud, Whistleblowers, Mother Jones, Lehman Brothers, Cfpa, Megan Carpentier, The Fed, Financial Crisis, Dodd, Wall Street, The Washington Independent, Corbin Hiarr, Home News
The Media Consortium

By Zach Carter, Media Consortium blogger Senate Banking Committee Chairman Chris Dodd (D-CT) unveiled his latest financial reform proposal on Monday, ...

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Think Again: Money for Nothing?

Eric Alterman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Campaign Contributions, Kai Wright, Health Care Reform, Center for Responsive Politics, Joe Lieberman, Paul Krugman, Open Secrets, Hendrik Hertzberg, Media News
Eric Alterman

While most in the media prefer to focus on personalities of these influential "consensus builders," "moderates," and "conservatives," they would be wiser to obey that old Watergate adage and "follow the money."

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Code Orange And June Bugs

Rochelle Lefkowitz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Media-Accountability, Media Activism, Lesbian, Kai Wright, Gay, Transgender Issues, Andy Humm, Journalism, Civil Rights, Pro-Media, Joan Garry, Lgbt, Transgender, Bisexual, Revolution, Media Criticism, Pride, Gay Pride, Gay Marriage, Stonewall, Gay Issues, Manhattan, New School, Nlgja, Politics News
Rochelle Lefkowitz

It's June, that month more or less identified with weddings -- and Rainbow Pride -- and we seem to have been busily courting a new generation to embrace gay marriage.

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