The Fed has a lot of power to hold big banks accountable. A grassroots coalition wants Yellen to use it.Â
Peter Dreier
Peter Dreier, professor of politics at Occidental College, is author of eight books, including Baseball Rebels: The Players, People, and Social Movements That Shook Up the Game and Changed America.
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How the Bankers Destroyed the Dream
The mortgage collapse was an entirely avoidable crisis—a brew of elite financial lobbying and bad policy.Â
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Bernie Sanders’s Presidential Bid Represents a Long Tradition of American Socialism
Long deployed by the right as an epithet, this form of left-wing populism is as American as apple pie.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Progressive Midterm Victories You Didn’t Hear About — And Some That Could Still Happen
Across the nation, voters passed measures against fracking and abortion restrictions, and for the minimum wage, paid sick leave, public safety and gun reform.Â
Posted inLaw and Justice
A Book for the People of Ferguson — And Oppressed People Everywhere
Fred Ross’s change-making Axioms for Organizers is updated for the Internet age, and for a new generation battling discrimination and police brutality.
Posted inEconomic Policy
How Seattle’s $15 Minimum Wage Victory Began in New York City’s Zuccotti Park
Ever since the Occupy movement hit the streets, an explosion of worker unrest—especially among Walmart employees, workers at fast-food chains, janitors, and hospital workers—has shaped the political life of America’s cities.
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Marvin Miller’s Lasting Legacy
The first leader of the MLB players union helped dramatically transform labor relations not just in baseball—but in all of America’s professional sports.Â
Posted inSpecial Report
The Path to a High-Wage Society
The explosion of low-wage jobs is due, for the most part, to the declining bargaining power of America’s employees.
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Lessons from the Health-Care Wars
Activism on the ground creates pressure for bolder reform and gives liberal elected officials more room to maneuver.
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The ACORN Conspiracy, Continued
Right-wingers remain convinced that ACORN is part of a nefarious plot to destroy America, and they’ll use any means they can to prove it.
