BlackRock’s Yes Men on CEO Pay
A proposal to put more muscle into the firm’s approach to CEO pay failed, but some are declaring it a victory.
Wall Street
Wall Street as Matter of Life and Death
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...
Fighting for an Alternative to Big Banks
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...
Challenging a Wall Street Giant on Pay
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...