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Stock buybacks climbing to record highs, again. The SEC wants us to know the details, and so do we.
Recently, we watched corporations spend pandemic relief Paycheck Protection Program funds on stock buybacks, continuing the trend of mostly white...
Congress Passes Bipartisan Postal Service Reform Act: The First Step in Saving the Post Office
March 8, 2022 CONTACT William Pierre-Louis william@ourfinancialsecurity.org Today the Postal Service Reform Act (S.1720/H.R. 3076) passed the Senate...
We’re hiring a Save the Post Office Campaigner!
The Take on Wall Street campaign is coordinating The Save The Post Office Coalition of over 300 organizations to protect...
The Senate Should Move Swiftly to Pass the Postal Service Reform Act
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Feb. 8, 2022 CONTACT Carter Dougherty carter@ourfinancialsecurity.org (202) 251-6700 The Senate Should Move Swiftly to...
Nothing Short of Biden Administration Leadership Will Stop DeJoy
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 11–12, 2022 Nothing Short of Biden Administration Leadership Will Stop DeJoy This Tuesday and Wednesday’s meeting...
Pandemic Profiteering: Private Equity Gets Bigger in Every Way
This post was guest authored by Meredith Chaffin. Communities across the United States have faced difficulties at nearly every turn...
The Hidden Racism of the Tax Code: a fireside chat with Dr. Dorothy A. Brown & Dr. Darrick Hamilton
On December 9, the Take on Wall Street campaign of Americans for Financial Reform hosted a virtual fireside chat with...
It’s almost the new year. Let’s make sure private equity barons leave their favorite tax giveaway in 2021
Much like corporate raiders of the 1980s, the massive private equity industry spent the Covid-19 pandemic increasingly expanding their control...
Record Corporate Profits, Record Stock Buybacks & the Plan to Tax Them
This post was authored by Porter McConnell & Mandla Deskins. While Black, white, and Brown working people are struggling to...