Corporate Power

The draft Democratic Platform talks tough on Wall Street. Have the industry’s jitters over Trump strengthened the party’s hand?

The Democratic Party's draft policy agenda reflects a major shift in the debate over a small tax on financial transactions that would curb short-term speculation and generate massive revenue.

A new Public Citizen report provides a blueprint for reining in the Wall Street banks that are too big to fail, too big to jail, and too big to manage.

Working families are turning their anger at Wall Street into action.

The international campaign for taxes on financial speculation is on the brink of a major European milestone that could further boost momentum in the United States.  [caption id="attachment_11552" align="alignright" width="452"]...

A proposal to put more muscle into the firm’s approach to CEO pay failed, but some are declaring it a victory.

For New York City AIDS activist Bobby Tolbert, drug profiteering and tax dodging by financial elites violate basic American values. New York City-based activist Bobby Tolbert is drawing on his...

Activists are demanding accessible, affordable financial services through the postal system as part of a broader agenda to rein in Wall Street. We’ve heard a lot about Wall Street reform...

 A prominent shareholder activist is fed up with money manager BlackRock over the firm's practice of rubberstamping obscenely large executive compensation packages at thousands of U.S. corporations.  Investor and philanthropist...